TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘No university without community’
T2 - engaging the community in social work simulations
AU - Olcoń, Katarzyna
AU - Mugumbate, Rugare
AU - Fox, Mim
AU - Keevers, Lynne
AU - Ray, Nandini
AU - Spangaro, Jo
AU - Cooper, Lesley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Although community engagement is now a widely accepted part of universities’ agenda, the evidence of learning environments that allow students to gain new knowledge and skills through authentic partnership and reciprocity with community members remains sporadic. Guided by educational and community engagement scholarship, the study examined the involvement of community members in social work simulations at an Australian university. Based on reflexive thematic analysis of focus groups and interviews with community members and university staff who participated in social work simulations, four qualities of practice learning were identified: (1) the value of lived experience and expertise; (2) the importance of preparation for professional practice; (3) dedication of time and resources; and (4) guided by the impacts for community members. Taking a critical perspective, community-engaged teaching recognizes and values the communal aspects of knowing and learning, understood through an examination of teaching and learning and community engagement theory.
AB - Although community engagement is now a widely accepted part of universities’ agenda, the evidence of learning environments that allow students to gain new knowledge and skills through authentic partnership and reciprocity with community members remains sporadic. Guided by educational and community engagement scholarship, the study examined the involvement of community members in social work simulations at an Australian university. Based on reflexive thematic analysis of focus groups and interviews with community members and university staff who participated in social work simulations, four qualities of practice learning were identified: (1) the value of lived experience and expertise; (2) the importance of preparation for professional practice; (3) dedication of time and resources; and (4) guided by the impacts for community members. Taking a critical perspective, community-engaged teaching recognizes and values the communal aspects of knowing and learning, understood through an examination of teaching and learning and community engagement theory.
KW - Community engagement
KW - critical pedagogy
KW - service user involvement
KW - simulations
KW - social work education
KW - student learning
KW - transformative learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152936531&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07294360.2023.2197192
DO - 10.1080/07294360.2023.2197192
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85152936531
SN - 0729-4360
VL - 42
SP - 2000
EP - 2014
JO - Higher Education Research and Development
JF - Higher Education Research and Development
IS - 8
ER -