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Evaluating the Teaching and Learning of Communication Skills for use with Children and Young People
This paper demonstrates a way in which the outcomes of learning communication skills for use with children and young people can be measured within the qualifying social work curriculum. A two-year prospective longitudinal evaluation of this aspect of the qualifying MA Social Work degree curriculum at the University of Sussex is summarised. The Sussex approach is based on earlier research by this author and colleagues, which posits that effective communication with children requires not just a set of methods, techniques and micro skills, but additionally calls for ‘core capabilities’ to be learned by and developed in the student through a range of experiences and interventions throughout the two year programme. Initial fi ndings from the evaluation are considered, but the main focus is on the instrument developed to evaluate this ‘whole programme approach’, the key component being the completion of vignettes, rated against the ‘core capabilities.’ Further evaluation by other programmes is encouraged to increase understanding of how specifi c pedagogical approaches, in varied contexts, help different kinds of students to develop their communication skills.
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Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social WorkPublisher URL
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96-110Pages
15.0Place of publication
SouthamptonDepartment affiliated with
- Social Work and Social Care Publications
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Research Monograph No 2, pp 96-110Institution
University of SouthamptonFull text available
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J Carpenter, H Burgess, J Carpenter, H BurgessContributors
Hilary Burgess, John CarpenterLegacy Posted Date
2012-02-06Usage metrics
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