ABSTRACT

Field education provides students with the opportunity to supplement classroom learning with the hands-on practice needed to be successful after graduation. However, in recent years, field education has encountered several challenges including a changing societal environment, placement scarcity in the face of increased enrollment, and strict guidelines for the provision of adequate supervision. In response to these challenges, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 35 social work field education coordinators, directors, faculty liaisons, field instructors and field supervisors were conducted throughout the prairie region of Canada between July and December of 2020. These interviews were aimed at determining innovative, promising, and wise practices that would address the various challenges in the provision of field education while also providing a pathway forward to the transformation of more sustainable social work field education practices. Findings indicate that there is a need for additional supervision strategies and increased flexibility within field placements, as well as a greater focus on the need for decolonization within the social work field education sphere. The emergence of COVID-19 was also discussed as both an exasperating factor within the current field education system while simultaneously creating an opportunity to reevaluate and restructure current field education practices.

摘要

现场教育为学生提供了通过毕业后取得成功所需的实践实践来补充课堂学习的机会。然而，近年来，现场教育遇到了一些挑战，包括不断变化的社会环境、招生增加带来的安置稀缺以及提供充分监督的严格指导方针。为了应对这些挑战，我们于 2020 年 7 月至 12 月期间对加拿大草原地区的 35 名社会工作现场教育协调员、主任、教职联络员、现场讲师和现场主管进行了半结构化定性访谈。这些访谈旨在确定创新、有前途、以及明智的做法，可以解决提供实地教育方面的各种挑战，同时也为转变更可持续的社会工作实地教育实践提供途径。调查结果表明，需要额外的监督策略和增加现场安置的灵活性，以及​​更加关注社会工作现场教育领域内非殖民化的需要。人们还讨论了 COVID-19 的出现，认为它既是当前现场教育系统中的一个令人恼火的因素，同时也为重新评估和重组当前现场教育实践创造了机会。调查结果表明，需要额外的监督策略和增加现场安置的灵活性，以及​​更加关注社会工作现场教育领域内非殖民化的需要。人们还讨论了 COVID-19 的出现，认为它既是当前现场教育系统中的一个令人恼火的因素，同时也为重新评估和重组当前现场教育实践创造了机会。调查结果表明，需要额外的监督策略和增加现场安置的灵活性，以及​​更加关注社会工作现场教育领域内非殖民化的需要。人们还讨论了 COVID-19 的出现，认为它既是当前现场教育系统中的一个令人恼火的因素，同时也为重新评估和重组当前现场教育实践创造了机会。