Description
What Do They Need to Be Able to Do?
INTRODUCTION
The Council on Social Work Education first introduced the idea of competency-based social work education with their 2008 EPAS (Robbins, 2014). This movement coincided with the movement of many other disciplines in higher education toward a competency-based model. It was believed that no longer should programs and learners be evaluated on what they teach or what they know, but on what the learners are able to demonstrate as a result of the education. The education field is still committed to this concept. Therefore, as you design your teaching module, you will need to decide what your learners or employees should be able to do after your module: In what skills or actions will they be able to engage? Competency-based education course development starts from the description of these competencies and then moves backward to address what must be taught, modeled, explained, and discussed first so that learners can demonstrate a competency.
Reference
Robbins, S. (2014). From the editor—Accreditation, competency-based education, and EPAS revisions. Journal of Social Work Education, 50(4), 581–586.4
Teaching Module Planning
For your final assignment, you will create a learning module as if you were a professor or a trainer in the field of social work. In this discussion, you will begin exchanging ideas with your courseroom colleagues. Please select one of the following:Choose the topic of your teaching module. Your topic may be fairly broad (for example, engaging reluctant clients). Think about what you want your learners or employees to be able to do after your module (such as present as a trustworthy social worker, engage clients on a personal level, help clients identify the presenting problem, or help clients express at least one goal for treatment).
- Find a teaching module or presentation online where a presenter shares a lesson or presentation on your topic. Post a link to that presentation and focus on the following questions:
- What are the strengths of this presentation?
- In what ways was it effective?
- How could it be improved?
- What about this week‘s content did you find to be most relevant to your own professional or academic career?