Funded project 2002 - 2003

Developing students' ability to critically analyse social work theory (completed 2003)

Pam Green Lister, University of Glasgow

Project description

The new social work degree places emphasis on the need for students to develop their skills of critical analysis. This project aims to develop our understanding of how we might assist students with respect to the integration of theory and practice. It will involve the students in producing a framework which they will use in classroom teaching, practice discussion groups and in a practice study assignment to assist their critical reflection. Practitioner-tutors and practice teachers will participate in the use and evaluation of the framework through a series of workshops. A qualitative analysis will be made of student assignments with respect to critical analysis theory.

Outcomes and findings

Critical analysis framework (RTF, 339kb)

Final project report: Developing students' ability to critically analyse social work theory (PDF, 167kb)