Teaching note: assessing social work students on placement: a model for professional competence.

This teaching note describes how the author (a practice teacher and university lecturer) retrospectively considered and applied the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger; with a specific focus on situated learning, communities of practice and pre-qualifying social work education in Northern Ireland....

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Published in:Social Work Education Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 538 - 553
Main Author: MacDermott, Denise
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2025
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        Situated learning theory
        Skilled labor
        Outcome-based education
        Social services
        Professional competence
        Critical thinking
        Supervision
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          Skilled labor
          Outcome-based education
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          Northern Ireland
          Other Individual and Family Services
          Professional competence
          Critical thinking
          Supervision
          Communities of practice
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        field education
        professional identity
        professional supervision
        Social work education
        social work placement professional competence model
        field education
        professional identity
        professional supervision
        Social work education
        social work placement professional competence model
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