Educating Our Future Colleagues: Creating an MSW Palliative Care Practicum

As the number of older adults and those with chronic medical conditions continues to rise, the need to train social work students in palliative and end-of-life competencies becomes critical. To address this growing need, the social work team at a large urban academic medical center in the Midwest developed an MSW concentration practicum in palliative and end-of-life care. During the practicum, students receive immersive training in palliative care social work values and the skills required for these specialized assessments, interventions, and evaluations. Their training culminates in their participation on an interdisciplinary team to provide psychosocial support to patients and families receiving palliative and end-of-life care throughout the medical center. This article describes the curriculum, practice immersion, training manual, teaching modules, and structure of student supervision which is applicable to and adaptable for other palliative care social work field instructors.     

高等音乐教育现代化实践教学体系的构建

由于音乐艺术是由声音构成的听觉意象来表达审美的一种艺术形式,具有非理论性、非语义性、非自然性以及必须经过人的艺术性创造才能完成其成果转换等特征,使音乐教育成为一种对特殊符号系统的认知及其“二度创作”的实践过程。因此,现代化实践教学体系及其应用方法的成功构建成为音乐学学科发展和成败的关键。     

Easing the Transition for Queer Student Teachers From Program to Field: Implications for Teacher Education

Tensions exist between what some queer student teachers experience in the university setting, their lives in schools during field placements, and upon graduation. We describe a series of workshops designed for queer student teachers and their allies that were conducted prior to field placement. Participants revealed high degrees of satisfaction with the program and increased feelings of personal and professional self-efficacy. Participants reported high levels of experienced homophobia in their academic programs; as such, the workshops were a valuable “safe space.” These workshops appear to fill a significant gap for queer students and their allies in teacher preparation programs.     

The benefits of embedding experiential learning in the education of planners

Abstract

In a future of complexity, uncertainty and fragmented governance we envision planning graduates who will be better prepared for the real world of planning as a result of an experiential learning (EL) approach in undergraduate tertiary education. In this paper, we present the findings of an Australian research project in which planning educators developed and tested a range of experiential planning principles based on sound pedagogical theory. Embedding EL principles and activities within the planning curriculum provides a structured programme of engagement between theory and practice over the four years of an undergraduate Australian planning programme, including opportunities for work-integrated learning. Students gain experience in negotiated decision-making involving a wide range of interactions with planning practitioners. Students become more adaptable—cognizant of mechanisms influencing change, and recognize the value of lifelong learning founded on critical reflection. We propose that a more systematic approach to integrating experiential learning in tertiary planning education culminating in ‘work integrated learning’ would provide a vehicle for further partnerships with responsive local practitioners and communities. Finally, this paper also argues that applying experiential learning does not compromise the quality of planning education based on greater academic rigour.     

对大学英语学生学习手册编写的探讨

大学英语学生学习手册有利于明确要求,指导教学,规范管理,推介资源,引领发展。当今信息化背景下,手册的设计编写应以学生学习的四个阶段和以电子识字能力为中心的学生三种能力为基础,在教师、教材、媒体、学法、发展等方面展开,以便于学生自主学习的经常性、有效性、连续性。     

International social work practicum in India

The present study discusses the process of organising social work placements in India for two Australian students and presents the students' and the field education coordinator's reflections on practicum experiences in the school and hospital setting. Several steps need to be taken to plan and implement international placements. Undertaking a practicum in another unknown culture is as challenging as it is rewarding. Cross-cultural comparative dimensions naturally emerge in our thinking, feeling and doing, and help us appreciate what we have in our own country. Learning occurs both within and outside the practicum. Positive mental attitude, psychological make up, an open mind, planning and preparation do help. However, overseas placements have their own quota of surprises. Any student aspiring to undertake an international practicum should be prepared to face some unexpected situations as they unfold. Overall, effective learning did occur and horizons did expand.     

行动研究对实习支教学生教学反思能力发展的影响

教学反思是促进教师专业成长的重要途径,也是实习学生在教育实习期间需要发展的重要能力。本研究通过问卷结合访谈的方式调查了实习学生在实习支教期间开展的教育行动研究对其教学反思能力的影响。研究发现,教育行动研究的开展有效地促进了实习学生的教学反思能力发展;为开展行动研究而撰写的教学日志、与同事的讨论、行动研究报告等都是开展教学反思的重要手段,得到广泛应用。在此基础上,研究为如何发展实习支教学生支教期间的教学反思能力提出了建议。