Case studies
These case studies are examples of good learning and teaching practices conducted and written by social work and social policy academics.
The case studies below are listed by topic:
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Social policy
- The politics of education policy in the UK
Margaret Arnott, Glasgow Caledonian University - Presenting social policy material using mind maps
Catherine Bochel, University of Lincoln - Employing computer conferencing at undergraduate level
Carolyn Brina, University of the West of England - Stimulus response assessment in a health policy module in social policy
Sarah Burch, Anglia Polytechnic University - Using peer formative assessment with social work students
Patricia Cartney, Middlesex University - Multiple choice assessment on a 'Government and Institutions' module
Stephen Driver, University of Surrey Roehampton - Using social policy research about people with learning difficulties in teaching
Rachel Forrester-Jones, University of Kent - Using social policy research into age and gender discrimination in teaching
Diane Grant and Claire Hennessy, Liverpool John Moore's University - A worksheet exercise in comparative social policy
Judith Glover, University of Surrey - Using chat rooms within social policy education
Lorraine Harding, University of Leeds - Assessment of 'Theories of Welfare' using a VLE (Blackboard)
Emma Heron, Sheffield Hallam University - Work and professional development: embedding an international dimension to the social policy curriculum
Emma Heron, Sheffield Hallam University - Desk based students and international issues
Emma Heron, Sheffield Hallam University International work experience (abroad)
Emma Heron, Sheffield Hallam UniversityUsing reflective diaries within the context of a work and professional development module
Emma Heron, Sheffield Hallam University- Target recruitment for under-represented groups in social policy and criminology
Majella Kilkey, University of Hull - Comparative social policy and policy transfer
Majella Kilkey, University of Hull - Developing learning and personal skills through the social policy curriculum
Anne Llewellyn, Leeds Metropolitan University - The Gameshow: project and team work to develop interpersonal skills
Kirk Mann, University of Leeds - Improving student perceptions of assessment feedback
Liam McCann and Gary Saunders, University of Lincoln - Using social policy students as researchers
Mike McManus, Sheffield Hallam University - Integrating personal development planning (PDP) into a module for first year sociology students
Roger Ottewill, University of Southampton - Using research about sports policy and practice in teaching
Catherine Palmer, University of Durham - Sentencing policy
Mike Stephens, Loughborough University - A tutors' manual for Graduate Teaching Assistants teaching social policy
Fran Wasoff, University of Edinburgh - Welfare systems - an introduction to comparative social policy: a problem based module
Bryan Wendon, Anglia Polytechnic University
Social work
- Poster presentations as an assessment method in Social Work education
Jane Akister, Anglia Ruskin University - Person centred planning and involving service users at the University of Glasgow: a case study in learning and teaching about assessment in social work education
Peter Allen c/o Pam Green Lister, University of Glasgow - First year students learning community profiling skills
Mark Baldwin and Barbra Teater, University of Bath - Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) for employment based students
Carmel Byers, University of Hertfordshire - When clinical is personal and learning is relational - A roleplay case study
Kieran Vivian Byrne, Jeff Faris & Bill Hardy, The Family Institute, University of Glamorgan - Using peer formative assessment with social work students
Patricia Cartney, Middlesex University - Mirror, mirror on the wall who enhances integration of learning most of all?
Gary Clapton & Ruth Forbes, University of Edinburgh - E-learning at Liverpool John Moores University: a case study in learning and teaching about assessment in social work education
Derek Clifford, Liverpool John Moores University - Plagiarism, 'controlled conditions' and the assessment of social work skills in 'real time'
Yasmin Farooq, Kathy Boxall, Nora McClelland, & Joe Smeeton, University of Sheffield - Introducing students to a practice setting: university and field staff jointly evaluate students' readiness for practice
Ruth Forbes, University of Edinburgh & Maura Daly, Circle Scotland - Rude Old People: using drama to develop learning materials on sexuality and intimacy in later life
Trish Hafford-Letchfield & Wendy Couchman, Middlesex University and London South Bank University - Using poetry to develop service user led learning materials for social work education
Belinda Harries, London South Bank University - Experiential learning online?
Kate Kirk, Manchester Metropolitan University - Maintaining standards for practice learning
Julie Mann and Avril Butler, University of Plymouth - 'We’re here tae make a difference’ – Involving a group of young people with experiences of care in the teaching of social work students
Jeremy Millar & the group 'A voice of reason', The Robert Gordon University - Learning to Learn: the Collaborative Challenge of Partnership in Practice
Louise O'Connor, London South Bank University - Creative collaboration - learning through art
Teresa O'Neill, University of Bristol - Post-qualifying specialist awards: approaches to enabling work-based learning in social work
Lynne Rutter and Sarah Williams, Bournemouth University - New admissions process for recruiting social work students
Jas Sangha, Oxford Brookes University - Personal and professional audit of social work students' core assumptions and values
Gerry Skelton, Belfast Metropolitan College - No more ‘NEEDS’: growing confidence and improving skills around sexuality in social work research, learning and practice
Joy Trotter, University of Teesside & Trish Hafford-Letchfield, London South Bank University - Assessing practice learning in child and adolescent mental health
Steven Walker, Anglia Ruskin University - Pre-course opportunities for social work degree
Sarah Watling, Karin Crawford, Andy Hagyard, University of Lincoln - Bilingual student opportunities for placements in Wales
Llinos Wyn, Gwynedd County Council and Care Council for Wales
Multi-disciplinary
- MA/PG Dip/ PG Cert Child Welfare and Protection
Rachel Balen, University of Huddersfield - Teaching, supervising and learning in the Workplace Setting Course
Hilary Beale, Oxford Brookes University - Improving Interprofessional Communication and Working
Alan Ferry, Glasgow Caledonian University - Learning to Learn: the Collaborative Challenge of Partnership in Practice
Louise O'Connor, London South Bank University - Partnership in practice: a joint training initiative between social work and health
Roger Smith and Moira Coates, University of Leicester - "Other students are saying…": harnessing peer feedback for a formative assessment task
Sheila Smith, Southampton Solent University - Embedding practice-based, interprofessional education into the curriculum
Gail Stuart, Bournemouth University - The Practice Teaching Award and Community Practice Teacher Programme
Mary Watkins and Marian Redding, Anglia Polytechnic University
E-learning
- Using ELTEP Information Sheet 1 (PDF, 28KB) - Using BBC Video Nation materials in your teaching
Claire Gregor, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC) - Using ELTEP Information Sheet 1 (PDF, 94KB) - Using BBC Video Nation materials in your teaching
Karen Postle, University of East Anglia - Mobile Assistance - The Nintendo DS Lite as an assistive tool for health and social care students
Andy Pulman, Bournemouth University
