Teaching Note—Lessons From Designing and Teaching an Antioppression Capstone Course

ABSTRACT

A capstone experience is a final opportunity for master’s of social work students to practice competencies they will apply in the field. To support the transition, we designed and evaluated a capstone course using ethically challenging cases in the Decision Case Method approach, as well as integrating active, embodied participation through Theatre of the Oppressed Forum Theatre. Feedback from students was mixed, with more positive feedback for the Decision Case Method classes. In this teaching note, we present how we researched and designed the course, feedback we received, reasons for the mixed feedback, and lessons learned that will likely be helpful to other social work programs designing capstone experiences.

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Funding

No funding was received for this project. We have no financial interests to disclose.

Notes on contributors

Kate A. Morrissey Stahl

Kate A. Morrissey Stahl, Jennifer Elkins, Trasie A. Topple, and Kim DeCelle are all from the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia.