The Monitoring of Co-Active Learning in Social Groupwork

Various ways of monitoring different levels of experiential learning for social groupwork practice are explored in this pilot study. A systematic means for monitoring and evaluating the learning experience is presented. The responses of one social work class (N=60) show increased comfort in all four aspects of the learning experience except in application to group situations in which students did not have direct experience. Synchronizing the learning in all aspects is therefore important. The concept of "coactive learning" is presented to guide the teaching for social groupwork practice, and the monitoring of the learning. Some limitations and further implications of the approach are discussed.