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Reclaiming the learning and reflection of social work values in fieldwork placement: Social work students’ and fieldwork supervisors’ account
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Date Issued
2020
Citation
Tsang, W. H. (2020 Jul 15-19). Reclaiming the learning and reflection of social work values in fieldwork placement: Social work students’ and fieldwork supervisors’ account. IFSW Conference Social Work Global Agenda – Co-building Social Transformation.
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Reclaiming the learning and reflection of social work values in fieldwork placement: Social work
students’ and fieldwork supervisors’ AccountPresentersDr. Tsang Wai Hung Wallace (The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University – College of Professional and Continuing Education) Dr. Mo Yuen Han (Caritas
Institute of Higher Education) Dr. Cheung Chun Sing (The University of Hong Kong)Dr. Lai Hung SingDr.
Wong Yee WanThis workshop highlights a research conducted to explore the learning experiences of
social work values for social work students in fieldwork placement. It also addresses the pedagogy of
facilitating students to acquire, reflect and internalize the social work values from students and
fieldwork supervisors’ account.In-depth interviews were conducted for 22 social work students who
have already completed at least one social work fieldwork placement, and a group of fieldwork
supervisors who were experienced in supervising social work students in fieldwork.Discourse analysis
of in-depth interviews and content analysis of the students’ written fieldwork assignments were
adopted.Several key themes will be discussed interactively in this workshop:- Intersection of personal
values and social work values in placement.- Ambiguities and ambivalence on social work values in
learning process.- Triggering factors for opening the dialogue of exploring the ambiguities
andambivalence on social work values with supervisors.Learning Objectives- Identify the ambiguities
and ambivalence on social work values experienced by the social work students in placement.-
Articulate the triggering factors and hindering factors of opening discussion of the ambiguities and
ambivalence during supervision.
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