Using Current Events to Enhance Learning: A Social Work Curricular Case Example

Grise-Owens, Erlene; Cambron, Shannon; Valade, Rita

doi:10.5175/jswe.2010.200800062

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“…Researchers have also developed pedagogical models to ensure that current events are taught properly. Grise-Owens et al (2010) developed a model using current events to enhance both implicit and explicit curricula. On an interesting side note, another article stated that the college students’ knowledge of current events is more fragmented than ever before because of so many different sources of information available online (Wright et al , 2016).…”

Section: Review Of the Concepts Related To Activitymentioning

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Creation of a COVID-19 business and life lesson: the impact on students’ learning and behavior

Bowyer

2021

ARJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to encourage other educators to pivot and implement a current event activity when a situation arises. This paper examines the pedagogical benefits of implementing a current event class activity. The author discusses using tacit knowledge of an international trip to heighten awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic while linking it to business management knowledge. Results of a follow-up student survey are also discussed. Design/methodology/approach Considering the potential impact of COVID-19, an in-class activity was implemented and later followed up by a survey that addressed the activity impact. Students conducted brief research on COVID-19 and were put in small groups that analyzed scenarios for potential spread and identified steps business managers could take as safeguards. The entire class discussed the scenarios and potential actions during the upcoming spring break. The associated survey was for future classroom management and feedback concerning COVID-19 and not designed for research purposes. Findings The literature analyses and survey results indicate that pivoting from the syllabus and engaging students in a current event activity can be beneficial. In this study, students displayed increased awareness and changed actions as a result of the class activity. Originality/value This paper shares the author’s perspective regarding deviation from the course syllabus to conduct a class activity focused on a current event, which in this case is the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Creation of a COVID-19 business and life lesson: the impact on students’ learning and behavior

Bowyer

2021

ARJ

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“…Taking into account various styles of learning, the instructor also uses media, such as short video clips, news stories or current events, and personal accounts of death, grief, or loss, as an additional way to enhance student understanding. Relating media and current events to course materials makes the information much more relevant to students and assists them in connecting and applying concepts to their own lives and the lives of those around them (Grise-Owens, Cambron, & Valade, 2010).…”

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Transforming Students’ Attitudes and Anxieties Toward Death and Loss

2017

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This study examines the impact of a death and dying course on 39 undergraduate students' attitudes and anxieties about death. Authors outline key aspects of the curriculum used in the course and discuss how the approach lends itself to a transformative learning experience related to death and loss, preparing students who will face clients with a variety of needs in these areas across practice settings. The majority of students ( n = 34) experienced a decrease in death avoidance, fear of death, and overall death anxiety. Students with a history of multiple violent, traumatic, or unexpected deaths ( n = 5) did not experience any significant changes but demonstrated increased scores of death anxiety suggesting that they may be in need of greater support while engaging in death education.

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“…The CSWE’s Policy and Accreditation Standards (2008), http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation/2008EPASDescription.aspx, state that the social work curriculum should lead to critical thinking, valuing diversity and promoting human rights and social justice. While these core competencies are being introduced in the students’ respective social work programs, they are being strengthened through their fieldwork in the FHF program, and the didactic component is critical to this development (Grise-Owens, Cambron, & Valade, 2010). Through their didactic experience, students are able to: (1) take a step back from their individual clinical work and reflect on what they are doing in a broader context, (2) integrate the theories they are learning in the classroom with the work that they and others are doing in the field, and (3) stay up-to-date on current practices in human service settings.…”

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Student Satisfaction With an Innovative Internship

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Journal of Social Work Education

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This article describes an internship program designed specifically to meet graduate students’ training needs within the context of their work in a prevention program for children in foster care. An internship based on a strong model of intern recruitment and supervision, structured inclusion of interns in a supportive agency culture, a manualized orientation, and an ongoing didactic program, was hypothesized to result in a positive experience for interns. Results of anonymous surveys administered to 102 interns over a 9-year period assessing their internship experience are presented and discussed. Recommendations are made for development of internship training sites.

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Using Current Events to Enhance Learning: A Social Work Curricular Case Example

Cited by 22 publications

References 8 publications

Creation of a COVID-19 business and life lesson: the impact on students’ learning and behavior

Creation of a COVID-19 business and life lesson: the impact on students’ learning and behavior

Transforming Students’ Attitudes and Anxieties Toward Death and Loss

Student Satisfaction With an Innovative Internship

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