Practice and Service Learning in Occupational Therapy : Enhancing Potential in Context

by Lorenzo, Theresa; Duncan, Madeleine; Buchanan, Helen; Alsop, Auldeen

• ISBN13: 9780470019696
• ISBN10: 0470019697
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780470032015
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-21
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

While this book is based primarily on experiences of occupational therapy practice education in South Africa, it aims to have international appeal as key principles of practice and service learning are drawn from the differing scenarios covered. Based on qualitative research, some of the book's chapters describe issues faced by students in complex practice situations and highlight educational strategies for promoting socially responsive professional development. They show how students engage with the personal and professional challenges of working in a multicultural society and how situated learning can enhance their resourcefulness in meeting the needs of individuals, groups and communities. The book is divided into three sections: The first, on the practice education agenda, establishes the academic rationale for various forms of practice learning within an occupational therapy curriculum. The second section examines the learning opportunities offered by different practice contexts and highlights mechanisms for developing the professional identity of students. The final section, on enhancing potential, reviews mechanisms that may be used for supporting students in the field, and ends with a look at the future of practice education and how it might develop in response to social and international drivers.

Author Biography

Edited by Auldeen Alsop, Principal Lecturer and Discipline Leader for Occupational Therapy, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

Theresa Lorenzo, Lecturer and fieldwork co-ordinator, Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Madeleine Duncan, Senior Lecturer/Chief Occupational Therapist, Division of Occupational Therapy,  University of Cape Town, South Africa

Helen Buchanan, Lecturer, Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword	xi
Alfred Ramukumba
Foreword II	xiii
Jennifer Creek
Preface	xv
I THE CONTEXT OF PRACTICE AND SERVICE LEARNING	1	(68)
Introduction	3	(66)
1 Practice and Service Learning in Context	7	(13)
Madeleine Duncan and Auldeen Alsop
2 A Responsive Curriculum for New Forms of Practice Education and Learning	20	(16)
Madeleine Duncan and Janice McMillan
3 Reflecting on Contexts of Service Learning	36	(14)
Robin Joubert, Roshan Galvaan, Theresa Lorenzo and Elelwani Ramugondo
4 A Quality Framework for Practice Education and Learning	50	(21)
Madeleine Duncan and Theresa Lorenzo
II DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY	69	(100)
Introduction to Part II	71	(73)
5 Preparing Students for the Complexities of Practice Learning	73	(15)
Helen Buchanan and Lizahn Cloete
6 Working in the Real World: Unlocking the Potential of Students	88	(15)
Theresa Lorenzo and Helen Buchanan
7 Role-Emerging Settings, Service Learning and Social Change	103	(15)
Roshan Galvaan
8 Group Learning Experiences in Rural Communities	118	(14)
Fasloen Adams and Heather Wonnacott
9 Group Supervision: Making the Most of Limited Educational Infrastructures	132	(12)
Elke Hagedorn and Fasloen Adams
10 Engaging Students as Partners in Service Development	144	(13)
Theresa Lorenzo and Auldeen Alsop
11 Partnerships in Service Learning Evaluation	157	(12)
Lucia Hess-April
III ENHANCING POTENTIAL	169	(106)
Introduction to Part III	171	(2)
12 Group Processes in Practice Education	173	(15)
Madeleine Duncan
13 Transforming Experience into Learning: Briefing and Debriefing for Practice Learning	188	(12)
Lindsey Nicholls and Alice Mackenzie
14 Promoting Competence through Assessment	200	(18)
Madeleine Duncan and Robin Joubert
15 Engaging with Student Writing: Using Feedback to Promote Learning	218	(16)
Madeleine Duncan and Helen Buchanan
16 The Student as Supervisor	234	(13)
Lana van Niekerk, Madeleine Duncan and Karen Prakke
17 Enhancing Potential through Lifelong Learning and Research	247	(16)
Auldeen Alsop
18 Looking Ahead: Future Directions in Practice Education and Research	263	(12)
Auldeen Alsop Madeleine Dancan, Theresa Lorenzo and Helen Buchanan
Glossary	275	(4)
Index	279