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  • Don't Silence "the Dinosaurs": Keeping Caution Alive With Regard to Social Work Distance Education

    Author(s)
    Sawrikar, Pooja
    Lenette, Caroline
    McDonald, Donna
    Fowler, Jane
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Fowler, Jane
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Distance education (DE) in social work programs and studies on its comparable effectiveness with face-to-face education continue to increase. Yet not all faculty are convinced of the results, and this study explores why. Three case studies indicate that reservations center on valuing the process of learning and nonverbal communication. Issues regarding duty of care to families to be served by future social workers primarily educated in a virtual classroom also matter significantly. The trend toward DE may be inevitable, but this does not mean that educators should not voice their concerns; their skepticism has merit, and ...
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    Distance education (DE) in social work programs and studies on its comparable effectiveness with face-to-face education continue to increase. Yet not all faculty are convinced of the results, and this study explores why. Three case studies indicate that reservations center on valuing the process of learning and nonverbal communication. Issues regarding duty of care to families to be served by future social workers primarily educated in a virtual classroom also matter significantly. The trend toward DE may be inevitable, but this does not mean that educators should not voice their concerns; their skepticism has merit, and they have a responsibility to be vocal.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Teaching in Social Work
    Volume
    35
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2015.1068262
    Subject
    Higher education
    Education policy
    Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
    Case studies
    Distance education
    Face-to-face education
    Pedagogy
    Qualitative research
    Social work
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/101468
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