1st Edition

Fieldwork in the Human Services Theory and practice for field educators, practice teachers and supervisors

Edited By Lynne Briggs Copyright 2000
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

'This book offers an excellent guide for all those committed to the provision of high quality field teaching and assessment in the human services. The international line-up of top contributors confirms the widespread importance now given to field education.' Professor David Howe, University of East Anglia 'This is an impressive collection of wisdom, reflections and practical advice. It is... Read more
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Contributors

Preface

Section 1 Teaching, learning and assessment in the field

1 Overview of teaching, learning and assessment in the field - Lesley Cooper and Lynne Briggs

2 Teaching and learning in human services fieldwork - Lesley Cooper

3 Approaches to supervision in fieldwork - Jill Wilson

4 The supervisory relationship - Elizabeth Beddoe

5 The competency approach - John Hopkins and Lesley Cooper

6 Two pedagogical approaches to group supervision in the human services - Sue Maywald

7 Assessment of performance - Lesley Hughes and Karen Heycox

8 Working with cultural difference - Rosemary Smart and Maurice Manawaroa Gray

Section 2 The responsibilities of fieldwork management

9 Overview of responsibilities of fieldwork management - Lynne Briggs and Lesley Cooper

10 Legal responsibility and liability in fieldwork - Steven Shardlow

11 Ethics in fieldwork

Biography

Lesley Cooper is Associate Professor in the School of Administration and Social Work and Director of Field Education at Flinders University, Adelaide. Lynne Briggs is the Senior Clinician and Unit Manager of the Family Mental Health Service, Healthlink South, Christchurch, New Zealand. She also lectures in the Department of Community and Family Studies at the University of Otago.