TY - JOUR
T1 - Thinking 'Outside the Box'
T2 - A New Approach to Integration of Learning for Practice
AU - Clapton, Gary
AU - Cree, Viviene
AU - Allan, M.
AU - Edwards, R.
AU - Forbes, R.
AU - Irwin, M.
AU - MacGregor, C.
AU - Paterson, W.
AU - Brodie, I.
AU - Perry, R.
N1 - Social Work
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The integration of learning is a central goal for all professions. The question of how to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and between the classroom and the field, is one which has preoccupied social work education since its very beginnings in universities in the United Kingdom and the United States in the early twentieth century. Between 2003 and 2005, the Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education funded a project which piloted a new approach to the integration of learning for practice. This paper reports on the findings of that project, and suggests ways of taking its findings forward in the future.
AB - The integration of learning is a central goal for all professions. The question of how to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and between the classroom and the field, is one which has preoccupied social work education since its very beginnings in universities in the United Kingdom and the United States in the early twentieth century. Between 2003 and 2005, the Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education funded a project which piloted a new approach to the integration of learning for practice. This paper reports on the findings of that project, and suggests ways of taking its findings forward in the future.
KW - Social Work Education
KW - Integration of Learning
KW - Theory and Practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=40749151962&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02615470701379826
DO - 10.1080/02615470701379826
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 334
EP - 340
JO - Social Work Education
JF - Social Work Education
SN - 0261-5479
IS - 3
ER -