Education and Supervision of Social Professionals in Europe
Context
Social professionals currently find themselves in a rapidly changing world. Social problems, service user issues, relevant regulations and concepts of ‘good practice’ change continually. In addition, teaching and learning is no longer something that is restricted to traditional academic contexts. As a result, the success of a social professional organisation largely depends on its capacity to enable staff to acquire and expand knowledge and skills continually. Within this context of Life-Long Learning, there is a distinct need for knowledge about why and how staff (or students) can be educated, coached, and supervised.
Audience
This short course will introduce participants to different approaches to education and supervision relevant to the social professions in an international context.
This course is especially relevant for practitioners and (human resources) managers who are involved in systematically furthering the knowledge, skills and attitudes of their co-workers and / or subordinates.
For those less experienced, this course offers a good starting point for a career in social work education and supervision in both academic and workplace contexts.
Content
The course combines presentations and group work and will be interactive. Students will be enabled to examine the roles of different types of knowledge and knowing in education for practice.
Topics will include:
- Policy contexts of education and life-long learning
- Theories of adult education and learning processes
- The role of different types of knowledge and knowing in practice
- The use of supervision as an educational method
- Coaching on the job
- Staff planning and staff development
- Teaching roles relevant to the social professional context.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to demonstrate an advanced understanding of the role of education and supervision within practice and academic contexts. They will be able to critically reflect on staff development in terms of teaching and learning, along with the facilitation and organisational embedment of this process.
They will have an advanced understanding of roles of various types of knowledge, knowing, modes of knowledge transfer, and applying acquired knowledge and skills in practice.
Course leader
Guido van de Luitgaarden is a senior lecturer at Zuyd University (Maastricht, The Netherlands) where he has done research into professional knowledge use within a child protection context as part of his PhD thesis. In addition, he has been teaching and supervising social work students and practitioners within various contexts for the past 10 years.
Dates
This short course will be taught in two blocks of four consecutive days. 16-1-2012 t/m 19-1-2012 en 6-2-2012 t/m 9-2-2012.
Price
€ 2000,-
Further information
g.van.de.luitgaarden@hszuyd.nl
