The value of an online group for teaching group work skills

Social Work with Groups Pub Date : 2022-07-17 DOI:10.1080/01609513.2022.2101820

Jeanette Schmid

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article examines third year social work students’ perceptions of the value of a mandatory, self-help online support group for teaching group work skills. Students overwhelmingly identified the group’s worth as lying in the mutual support received. They also felt that participating in a live group fostered the translation of group work theory and skills into a concrete environment. Experiential group work is the foundation of group work pedagogy in face-to-face classroom settings. This research suggests that this experience can be meaningfully replicated in a virtual context. Other course activities such as journaling and formal reflection and assessment of group process and dynamics support the integration of group work knowledge and skills promoted through the group experience. It is thus a teaching strategy that instructors of online group work courses might incorporate in the course curriculum.

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在线小组教学小组工作技能的价值

摘要本文考察了三年级社会工作学生对强制性自助在线支持小组的价值观，以教授小组工作技能。绝大多数学生认为，该团体的价值在于所获得的相互支持。他们还认为，参加现场小组有助于将小组工作理论和技能转化为具体环境。体验式小组工作是面对面课堂环境下小组工作教学法的基础。这项研究表明，这种体验可以在虚拟环境中有意义地复制。其他课程活动，如日记、对团队过程和动态的正式反思和评估，有助于整合通过团队经验提升的团队工作知识和技能。因此，在线小组工作课程的讲师可以将其纳入课程中。

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Social Work with Groups Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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1.30

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期刊介绍： Social Work with Groups is a unique quarterly journal of community and clinical practice, and an important reference publication for those in the social work profession who value and seek to understand the small group. The journal addresses the issues of group work in psychiatric, rehabilitative, and multipurpose social work and social service agencies; crisis theory and group work; the use of group programs in clinical and community practice; and basic group competencies for all social work professionals. The contributions reflect a sophisticated knowledge of the use of the group as a learning medium and a highly developed understanding of instructional technology in the teaching of social group work knowledge and skills.