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Supervision Of Students In Social Care Education: Practice Teachers' Views Of Their Role, Fiona Mcsweeney
Supervision Of Students In Social Care Education: Practice Teachers' Views Of Their Role, Fiona Mcsweeney
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This paper presents findings from research about how practice
teachers in social care education in Ireland view their role, in
particular what elements they prioritise and what they see as relatively
unimportant. The aim of the research was exploratory, seeking to
discover commonalities and differences in how practice teachers saw
their role in the supervision of social care students. Q methodology
was used to compare the participants’ viewpoints. Twenty practice
teachers, from varying practice backgrounds and levels of experience,
sorted statements outlining aspects of the practice teacher’s role,
during individual interviews. Analysis indicates participants had two
ways of conceptualising the …