Practitioner networks: professional learning in the twenty-first century
LaMendola, Walter and Ballantyne, Neil and Daly, Ellen, University of Denver, University of Strathclyde (2009) Practitioner networks: professional learning in the twenty-first century. British Journal of Social Work. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0045-3102
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This article reports on a study of a networked learning approach among remote social work practitioners in a large, rural local authority. The intervention was a blended approach that combined facilitation, face-to-face meetings, online communications and access to e-library resources. The intervention was focused on discussions of case management issues for three fictional cases. A method of text analysis used in community of enquiry research was implemented to examine participant discourse. Findings indicate that practitioners developed a community of enquiry that privileged face-to-face communication. Online resources were primarily used as supplementary communication. Practitioners engaged with the community of enquiry approach and used explicit knowledge to inform discussions of case planning.
Creators(s): | LaMendola, Walter, Ballantyne, Neil and Daly, Ellen; University of Denver, University of Strathclyde; | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 7887 |
Keywords: | networked learning, evidence-based practice, community of enquiry, Social Sciences (General), Higher Education, Health(social science), Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) Education > Theory and practice of education > Higher Education |
Department: | Faculty of Education > Glasgow School of Social Work |
Depositing user: | Mr Alastair Bell |
Date deposited: | 20 Apr 2009 12:38 |
Last modified: | 20 Jan 2021 17:42 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/7887 |
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