Resources for new staff and educational developers
SWAP produces many resources that focus on teaching methods and helpful tips on how to teach more effectively.
Events
Please visit our events page to view SWAP's current events, many of which are designed to support staff in social policy and social work with developing and enhancing their learning and teaching practices.
Publications
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Supporting new academic staff - Inside this issue: 'Stepping into academic life from practice, 'In conversation with Rachael Dobson' (Social Policy Association, Postgraduate representative) and 'Things we wish we'd known and strategies we adopted'.. Published June 2009 in focus - issue 03 (PDF, 664KB) |
SWAP digests
SWAP produces short digests, which are designed to support academics in their learning and teaching practices. Each digest includes some top tips, more detailed information on their application in practice and a list of further resources. There are digests on inclusive learning and teaching, maximising student learning in lectures; engaging students with social policy; and more.
Case studies
SWAP has collected a variety of case studies about good learning and teaching practices in social work and social policy, which may provide new academic staff with inspiration for some innovative teaching methods.
Using social policy research in teaching (PDF, 1.14MB) - An A4 booklet with six case studies detailing how social policy research has been integrated into the curriculum.
ELTEP publications
To support your e-learning needs several publications such as help sheets and information sheets were produced as part of the E-supported Learning and Teaching Enhancement Project (ELTEP, 2006-2008).
Creativity
SWAP invited colleagues to consider the place of creativity in social work education. Hilary Burgess and Judith Laurance from SWAP compiled a discussion paper called Reflections on creativity in social work and social work education (January 2007) (PDF, 202KB).
For further publications which may be useful, see SWAP's publications section.
SWAP discussion lists
SWAP moderates several JISCmail discussion lists for people interested in social policy and social work.
Get your students involved
There are several ways you can get your students involved in SWAP's work.
Funding
SWAP provides funding for several projects each year. To see if there are any calls open at present, visit the funding page. For details of previously funded projects, please see the Projects section.
SWAP also provides small amounts of funding for academic staff to host events on issues in learning and teaching that matter to them. See the Event hosting page for details of how to apply.
You may also wish to take a look at SWAP's delicious bookmarks where you can access hundreds of external resources. You can access this at http://delicious.com/swapweb .
