Teaching Note—Developing a Professional Writing Course Using a Holistic View of Competence

ABSTRACT

Writing is a skill that spans many competencies. The Council on Social Work’s Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards promotes a holistic view of competence informed by knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes. This teaching note contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning by describing a professional writing course that uses a holistic pedagogical approach. We provide pragmatic strategies and assignments that can be readily adapted by other faculty and programs.

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J. Jay Miller

J. Jay Miller is Associate Professor, College of Social Work at University of Kentucky. Erlene Grise-Owens is at The Wellness Group. Wade Drury and Carmen Rickman are MSW students at Spalding University.