Reclaiming the learning and reflection of social work values in fieldwork placement: Social work students’ and fieldwork supervisors’ account

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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.