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Transforming the Field Education Landscape: Reflections on Partnership Outcomes (100805)
Session Chair: Narasimha Shashidhar
Sunday, 4 January 2026 09:30
Session: Session 1 (Parallel)
Room: Hawaii Convention Center: Room 304B
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Practicum, also known as field education, is widely recognized as the signature pedagogy in social work education. Practicum is the site where students learn to integrate and apply the values, knowledge, complex practices and skills of the social work profession. Despite its importance, field education is in crisis. There is an urgent need for social work education programs to re-vision how the profession prepares the next generation of social workers. This presentation will discuss the Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) partnership that aims to integrate research and practice in the preparation of the next generation of social workers by developing partnered research training initiatives, that enhance student and trainee research practice knowledge and applied skill development. The partnership is structured in three streams: (1) Digital Storytelling, (2) Development of Sustainable Field Education Models and (3) Applied Practice Research. This presentation will share the outcomes of the TFEL partnerships’s program, including research results from 104 interviews, 31 focus group discussions (n=99) and 9 roundtable sessions (n=218) on promising, wise, and innovative practices, conducted with social work students, academics, field educators, field instructors, and supervisors across Canada. The findings illustrate pathways to more sustainable models of field education that include 1) community-engaged placements, 2) field supervision, 3) partnerships and collaboration, 4) flexibility, 5) using technology, 6) macro-level placements, 7) Indigenous-centered practices, and 8) equity, diversity and inclusion. The challenges and opportunities will be discussed in our contemporary context.
Authors:
Julie Drolet, University of Calgary, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Julie Drolet is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at University of Calgary in Canada
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