Título: An exploration of concept mapping as a method of evaluating student learning in social work
Autores: Anghel, Roxana
Fox, Joanna
Warnes, Mark
Fecha: 2011-09-20
2011-09-20
2010
Publicador: Anglia Ruskin University
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Tipo: Book chapter
Tema: social work education
outcomes evaluation
concept mapping
quasi-experimental design
Descripción: This publication is available online at www.swap.ac.uk/resources or can be ordered in a large print format from SWAP (Tel: 023 8059 9310, Email: swapteam@soton.ac.uk).
This paper explores the innovative use of concept mapping as a method for summative assessment of meaningful learning in socila work education. This small scale study focused on the learning of working in partnership with service users, which is a core requirement for social work practice and education. This is however a complex, value-laden competency that develops over time and by integrating knowledge from diverse learning sources, and it is thus difficult to assess. The study involved a small number of year one social work students, and used a longitudinal quasi-experimental design and an adapted method of scoring the concept maps, more appropriate for analysing social work knowledge. This paper focuses on the process of developing the scoring method and looks at the challenges of analysing the maps quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings suggest that concept mapping as assessment method has value in social work education but that the summative analysis might be limited in conveying accurately the quality of knowledge displayed. The study also showed that students have difficulties in integrating knowledge acquired from fragmented sources of learning and suggests that concept mapping might be a useful teaching method for supporting student learning.
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