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- Bengtsson Ryan, Anna, et al.
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Social Work Practice on a Community Level - Preparing Social Work Students to Become Active Agents in the Building of Sustainable Societies
- 2016
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Ingår i: Oral presentation at the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development 2016, June 27-30 2016, Coex, Seoul, Korea.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The entrenchment of the welfare state and increasing inequalities, are challenges social workers in Sweden (and elsewhere) have to respond to. Within the BA social work programme at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, one course specifically aims to equip students with knowledge and skills to meet the demands of local and global communities and to become active agents in the shaping of a sustainable society. The course is offered third year students; each semester approximately 120 students take the 3-week full time course. The course builds on three parts: 1) Acquisition and practical application of relevant theoretical positions through a series of lectures with experts in the field of social work, human rights, media & communication, community work and urban development. 2) Building an insight into the processes of social work at a community level and promoting participation in wider public debates through study visits (such as community based youth work field visits, participation in directly broadcasted TV-debates, work-shops in urban planning). 3) Developing skills (such as critical thinking, community advocacy & ecological awareness) to become active agents in the shaping of a sustainable society through student led workshops and seminars. The content of the course responds to a world in constant flux by integrating up to date issues and challenges relevant for social work. While an underlying structure frames the course, these current issues and challenges determine the content of the lectures and focus in workshops and seminars. Collective learning processes are central elements to the course. The course is an unique example of how social work education can meet the challenges of integrating theory and practice, correspond to needs of communities and equip social workers with theoretical and practical skills to become active agents in the work towards a more sustainable and equal society.
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- Bengtsson Ryan, Anna, et al.
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”The morning café” – social work signature pedagogy in the digital age. A tool for enhanced student participation and commitment”.
- 2024
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Ingår i: 13th European Conference for Social Work Research, April 17-19, 2024. Vilnius, Lithuania..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Background and purpose: In this article we discuss the potential and challenges of working with flipped classrooms and how digital tools can enhance student participation and commitment in social work education. The Covid19-pandemic placed our societies under great stress. In the social work programme, in the course “Social work on a community level” at Gothenburg university, we developed the concept of “The morning café” in response to the transition to digital education. The morning café was inspired by morning television and aimed to form dialogue-based teaching situations, in addressing social issues on a societal level. We draw on different sources of data to critically discuss how technology can be a resource in education to foster social work values and enhance student commitment. Theory: The last decades we have seen a turn in education towards student-centered teaching methods (Biggs, 1999). In this article, we draw on the concept ‘signature pedagogy’ in social work (Wallengren-Lynch et al. 2019; Larrison & Korr, 2013) in our analysis of how digital technologies can be resources in the pedagogical process of ‘modelling relational connectedness’, and in creating learning situations that ‘foster transformative awareness’ and as practices to ‘nurture personal and professional growth’ (Ibid). Methods: Student’s reflections were collected through workshops using the method of photo voice. 75 students participated in a total of three photo voice workshops. Besides that, a web survey was sent to all students (N=127) after the course was completed in the autumn 2023 and in total 24 students responded. All participants have given permission to use the results as data for a scientific publication. Findings: During the course, a variation between 15 and 40 students were present in the IRL classroom where the morning café was held. In the zoom-room, student participation varied between 30 to 60 students. Most of the students were positive to the morning café, and they were deemed relevant to the aims of the course. Increased flexibility was mentioned as the major advantage of the hybrid form. Many students are working part time, have children or commute long distance. Thus, showing how hybrid forms can enable student’s participation. There is however a divide between the students that find the dialogue-based format of the café too abstract, longing for PowerPoints and more traditional teacher-based approaches. Conclusions: The result highlights the importance of developing educational models that respond to students' needs and society's development. Social work must reflect the world – and the world must reflect social work education. As teachers and educational institutions, it is instrumental that we do not get stuck “in old routes”. In this article, we argue that digital technology is not an end as such but can provide an infrastructure for increased student participation and commitment, and be a key resource in the development of a signature pedagogy in social work.
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- Bergström, Gunilla, 1965, et al.
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Managerial ideas and caseworkers responses. Consequences of NPM on emotions, professional identities and subjectivity of caseworkers in welfare bureaucracies.
- 2016
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Ingår i: CfP Symposium “State, Work and Affects” in Vienna (28-29 January 2016).
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- What does the ‘governing by performance’-logic in public welfare bureaucracies do to the individual caseworker, her professional identity, her emotions and subjectivity? Inspired by Ball (2003), this paper focuses how frontline workers employed in welfare bureaucracies are emotionally affected by the managerial ideas of New public management. NPM has become a universal trend in public sector organizations (Pollit et al 2007). Standardized systems of governance have gained importance as tools to rationalise and increase control in welfare bureaucracies. Other ways of governing public sector organisations include new ways of organising spatial dimensions of work (i.e. activity based work stations), serving the purpose of increased productivity and control (Heynes 2007). The effects of NPM on frontline workers discretion has attracted a lot of attention; some studies report that front-line staff has successfully defended discretionary power and professional values (Evans 2011, Brodkin 2011), whereas others report signs of de-professionalisation and case work becoming a matter of reading clients according to standardized templates (Caswell et al 2010; Bovens & Zouridis 2002). Following the latter strand of research, studies have shown that clients undergo a process of re-subjectification along organizational templates and discourses produced and upheld within the system of NPM (Knights &Willmott 1989, Bergström & Knights 2006). However, whereas the “making up“ of clients has been investigated, the “making up” of the caseworker due to the managerial ideas of NPM has been less researched. The main objective is to outline existing knowledge in this specific field of research and to point out gaps of knowledge. An up-to-date literature review on studies discussing the effects of NMP on the caseworker, her emotions, professional identity, to herself and her subjectivity will be presented. Keywords: case worker, frontline workers, welfare bureaucracy, NPM, emotions, identity, subjectivity
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- Bergström, Lotta, et al.
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Att utmana det akademiska kunskapsmonopolet – erfarenheter av brukardeltagare i socionomutbildningen.
- 2021
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Ingår i: Dahlstedt, Magnus, Gruber, Sabine, Herz, Marcus och Lalander, Philip (2021). Socialt arbete - rörelser, motstånd, förändring. Studentlitteratur. - : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144143163
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- Elmersjö, Magdalena, 1978-, et al.
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Moral Stress and Moral Agency in Swedish Eldercare
- 2022
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Ingår i: Social Science Protocols. - : University of Edinburgh. - 2516-8053. ; 5:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Ageing population, high levels of sick leave among eldercare personnel and financial constraints on municipal budgets impact eldercare. Daily care work is complex and ethical dilemmas are constantly present for eldercare personnel. This project aims to a) identify situations that give rise to moral stress, b) study the relationship between moral stress and moral agency c) explore how moral agency can be fostered in eldercare. The argument underpinning this research project is that ethical dilemmas in the work cause moral stress among staff in eldercare. While much research on moral stress highlights the connection between moral stress and negative effects on health and wellbeing, our focus is on the possible connection between moral stress and moral agency. Moral agency encompasses cognitive capacity, feelings, skills, and actions.Methods/Design: This project has a systemic approach to eldercare and interprets eldercare as an advanced system where a range of different skills is required. Participatory action research (PAR) will be used as an overall methodology. Focus-groups and research circles will be conducted with care workers, first line manages and needs assessors.Discussion: An ongoing discussion on relevant knowledge production in research, stresses the importance of participation. This is expressed by concepts such as deliberative democracy, user participation, empowerment, collaboration, follow-up research and citizen dialogue. In our research project we refer to robust knowledge as relevant knowledge that is valid in the eyes of care workers, care municipal needs assessors and first line managers. As the research is performed in collaboration with these three vocational groups, local politicians, and trade unions in three municipalities as well as two educational settings, different sorts of knowledge will be present. This unique stand will show how moral agency, as a response to moral stress, can be the ground for social changes and improve quality of care.
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