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ABSTRACT
The integration of research understanding with the application of theory requires students to engage with the theory’s concepts and evaluate using key research concepts. A teaching strategy using this premise with birth order theory in the Human Behavior and the Social Environment classroom is outlined in this teaching note. The various concepts involved in critiquing both research and theory are outlined when students apply their own family constellation to the initial survey and later discussion of the results.
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Joan Groessl
Joan Groessl currently chair of the Social Work Professional Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She teaches in the BSW and MSW programs across curricular content. Employed at UW-Green Bay since 2008, she earned the rank of Associate Professor in 2018. Research interests include ethics, leadership, organizational and interprofessional relationships, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.