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PARTICIPATION OF SERVICE USERS IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION – TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
Saša Skokandić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-3126
; Centar za socijalnu skrb Korčula, Korčula, Hrvatska
Kristina Urbanc
; Pravni fakultet, Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The aim of the research was to gain insight into the way in which teachers asses the volume, quality and purpose of user involvement in the educational process. The sample consisted of eight teachers, directors or participants of professional courses of lectures (Theoretical Foundations of Social Work, Social Work with an Individual, Social Work with the Family, Social Work with a Group, Social Work in the Community, Social Work with the People with Disability, Social Work and Problems of Young People, Social Gerontology) at the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, with whom semi-structured interviews were conducted.
The results revealed that the teachers are either insufficiently informed or they consider that the level of involvement of users is not satisfactory. However, some of them think that there are positive changes and that the users are more included in different forms of the education process. There are also concerns that such forms of direct involvement of users can lead to their misuse and manipulation, i.e. that the users’ place is not at the faculty, except with the aim of better illustration of examples from practice. According to teachers, the students react positively to the involvement of users in the teaching process and it is, therefore, important to create the prerequisites (accessibility, respect of professional ethical standards, planning of involvement in the curriculum etc.). One of the recommendations for better user involvement in future curricula included the issues of planning of the user participation and achievement of mutual benefits, creation of a counselling centre at the faculty aimed at student education, formalization of cooperation with the users participating in the education process as well as the increase of hours of field placements.
Ključne riječi
education of students; social work; user involvement in the education process; teachers’ perspective
Hrčak ID:
46332
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2009.
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