It is almost universally accepted within social work education that placements are a defining feature of training and ‘… have a more profound and lasting impact than classroom teaching’. Consequently the placement is regarded as the signature pedagogy in social work education. However, it is also asserted that universities pay little attention to this aspect of teaching and concerns about a ‘significant level of disjunction between academic and practice learning’ are expressed.
The development of a new distance learning MA social work programme in which units are studied alongside part-time placements afforded opportunities for innovation in curriculum delivery, alongside increasing connections with learning on placement. Practice educators were invited to respond to an online mixed methods survey exploring their perceptions of the programme and views as to how greater integration of academic and practice learning can be achieved in social work education generally. Analysis of the results identified the important role which supervision with the practice educator can play in integrating learning on placement with the academic curriculum. The paper concludes that a greater focus on learning from practice may offer opportunities to maximise the learning potential of the placement as social work's signature pedagogy. 相似文献
Sport for Development has many reported benefits, but quantitative evidence of the impact of these interventions in Low Income Countries remains sparse. A new monitoring and evaluation toolkit was used in a cross-sectional survey at Moving the Goalposts (MTG), a football project aiming to empower young Kenyan women. We wished to determine empirically whether increased membership duration brought increased benefits. MTG selected and translated toolkit items consistent with the organisation's strategic aims. We collected 333 completed questionnaires at 15 sites. Psychometric validation revealed some reliable scales; remaining items were scored separately. Scores were sensitive to differences between members defined by sociodemographic and site characteristics. Bivariate and multiple regression analyses showed that increased membership duration brought increasing benefits across several domains (perceived lifeskills; social life; insights about HIV/AIDS; outcomes related to female empowerment). Improved leadership skills were mainly age-related. Members attending more established sites experienced greater benefits, but members at more and less accessible sites benefitted similarly. Positive thoughts and feelings were related not to membership duration, but to how long a site had been operating. This indicates the importance of creating a positive culture over time. This cross-sectional study provides quantitative evidence for the benefits of Sport for Development initiatives. 相似文献
The addition of stimulants as an allowable use for State Opioid Response (SOR) grants will require a new application, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is working on, ADAW has learned. The change was in the FY 2020 appropriations bill passed last month by Congress (see ADAW, Dec. 23, 2019; “FY 2020 Appropriations: Stimulants added to SOR's $1.5 billion,” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.32573 ), along with funding for other SAMHSA programs, including the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment block grant (SAPT BG). After the bill passed before Christmas, Washington went away for the holidays. 相似文献
On June 30, the federal Department of Justice announced that Shaun Thaxter, CEO of Indivior, pleaded guilty for misrepresenting Suboxone's safety. Suboxone is buprenorphine combined with naloxone. Briefly, Indivior was trying to promote its new film, saying that its tablets caused a risk of pediatric exposure (see “Reckitt Pulls Suboxone Tablets, Citing Pediatric Exposures,” ADAW, Sept. 12, 2012, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.20347 ). It had just discontinued its own tablets and was trying to convert its patients to its patented film, because the tablets were off patent and it wanted to keep market share, crowding out any generics in a scheme commonly known as “evergreening.” Medicaid formularies in Massachusetts and Virginia were sold on the idea, and therefore agreed to approve Suboxone even to patients with children under the age of 6 living in the home. The interstate commerce made this a federal case. 相似文献
Last week, the annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) revealed dramatic increases in vaping of marijuana and nicotine among college students and young adults. The study shows that marijuana use is almost at its highest level in the past four decades. 相似文献
A deeply researched white paper shows how mutual support groups can assist — and have assisted — people trying to deal with their drug use. The paper summarizes research on the use of these support groups and details how Narcotics Anonymous (NA) helps drug users, in much the same way Alcoholics Anonymous helps alcohol users, but there are some important distinctions. 相似文献