Teaching Inclusive Social Work Leadership and Supervision Online and In-Person: A Learning Case

ABSTRACT

Teaching social work students through both online and in-person formats is highlighted in the description of two mandatory graduate social work courses on leadership and supervision across two Canadian university institutions. Relevant themes gathered through multiple years of online student surveys were analyzed thematically. The summary of findings arises from a previous research study (Vito & Schmidt Hanbidge, 2021) and emphasizes strengths, challenges and considerations for educators. Varying course approaches, topics, assignments and organizational contexts are described, along with integrating macro courses for social work educators. Multiple discussion questions are posed to engage readers in dialogue to implement or revise online social work courses. Practice implications for development and delivery of online courses and instructor adaptability may be fruitful for instructors and educational institutions to help mitigate future educational disruptions.

KEYWORDS:

• Course delivery
• leadership
• macro practice
• online learning
• supervision
• teaching

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

The work was supported by the King’s Faculty Research Grant Renison Faculty Research Grant.