Workshop # 2a & 2b
The PA Association of Social Work Education (PASWE) holds several workshops at the annual National Association of Social Work (NASW) Conference. For 2019, the PASWE Day at the NASW conference will be held on Monday 9/23/19 from 8am to 7pm. See below for one of our featured workshops.
Register as a PASWE Professional ($90) for the NASW Conference. This registration includes 6 CEs, 3 PASWE workshops, two keynotes, a sweet talk, student poster competition, breakfast, lunch, and dinner (see dinner menu). If you would like to register for the full NASW Conference, you can attend all PASWE events–except the dinner which will be an extra $30.
Students can register for $25 which includes everything except breakfast & dinner.
Monday 9/23/19 1pm-2:30pm, Kalahari Resort
Workshop # 2a 1pm to 1:45pm
Using Simulation to Teach Social Work Skills
Nursing and other health care fields have long utilized simulated learning experiences to place students in near-real situations equipped with computerized mannequins and other assessment equipment. Students receive immediate feedback and reflect on their experience in debriefing sessions. This workshop will report on an integrated healthcare experience between BSW students in conjunction with nursing faculty in a well-equipped lab using simulated learning experiences. The importance of utilizing learning objectives to guide the experiences and debriefing sessions will be emphasized. Examples of simulations will be demonstrated through video of sessions and methods of utilizing sims to measure social work competencies will be discussed.
Presenter
Dr. Wade Luquet, LCSW, PhD
Gwynedd Mercy University
PASWE Representative southeastern Pennsylvania
Luquet.W@gmercyu.edu
Workshop # 2b 1:45pm to 2:30pm
Teaching and Learning in Divided Times:
Exploring Student Perceptions of Political Bias
Teaching and Learning in Divided Times PASWE NASW 2019
Teaching and Learning in Divided Times PASWE NASW 2019
Our politically polarized times offer an opportunity for social workers to examine the relationship between personal and professional values. Social justice and policy related curricula make social work classrooms well suited for such an examination. The NASW Code of Ethics and the Council on Social Work Education Accreditation Standards provide practice and educational mandates regarding human rights, access to resources, social change efforts and political advocacy. In today’s world, addressing such topics in the classroom can present unique challenges for instructors and students, as values and politics-related topics are increasingly fraught, taboo and divisive. Additionally, students may perceive instructors to be politically biased or feel that their political or religious views are not welcome in the classroom. Research indicates that students with Christian religious orientation and traditional or conservative worldviews tend to experience and/or report bias at higher rates than other students. The presenter’s own research supports these earlier findings and also suggests student’s react to such experiences by engaging in self-censorship and alteration of written assignments. Integration and understanding of values-systems is a dialectical process that relies on dialogue and engaging with differences. When students engage in self-censorship, it may come at a cost to learning and self-awareness necessary for ethical, competent practice. This interactive session will explore the teaching, learning, and ethical implications of findings regarding political polarization in the social work classroom, along with best classroom practice for inclusivity, handling of politicized subjects, and ongoing student and instructor reflection on social work values.
Presenters
Diana Lyon, BA, MSW Student
Marywood University
Lea Dougherty, MSW, LSW