Assessing Learners

This excellent resource has been created by Caroline Aldridge and Sandra McGough (What Work Well Leads, Norfolk County Council, 2018).

Caroline and Sandra are happy to share their resources and ideas. If you use this tool please tell them and give them feedback on the Padlet website or on Twitter: @CarolineAldrid5 or @McgoughSandra

Kirstin Parkes outlines some strategies to help practice educators facilitate improved critical reflection in practice learning experiences.

The Practice Pyramid is a learning tool that supports social work students' ability to integrate their understanding of personal and professional values, theory and practice during field placements. Although it has been used by practice educators in Scotland for over 20 years, it is not well known elsewhere and has yet to be evaluated. This paper, written by a practice educator and a student social worker, describes the Practice Pyramid and provides a case example to illustrate how it contributed to one student's learning during a practice placement.

In UK social work education, practice educators supervise and assess students while they are on placement. Practice placements are the most important element of social work degree courses, accounting for half of the overall programme for undergraduates. So the role of the practice educator is vital, particularly if a student is struggling or at risk of failing.

As part of a series of ThursdayThunking from ScOPT, Liz Beddoe reflects on when supervision can be less than helpful.

In the second of a series of ThursdayThunking from ScOPT, Liz Beddoe talks about what makes good supervision.

In the first of a series of ThursdayThunking from ScOPT, Jo Finch talks about having courageous conversations and conversations that make a difference.

As social workers, we have courageous conversations all day long, not only with service users but colleagues, managers and other professionals. Practice educators also need to have courageous conversations with students, particularly when issues emerge on placement.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is a list of resources relating to the assessment of learners.

Written for Learning at Work week, this is about a tool which enables wider feedback on a student's practice.