Student-Centric Approach to Field Work in Social Work Education

Abstract

The paper is discussing about philosophy of field work and its relevance in social work education. The paper covers the three main components of field work, namely the field work agency, students of social work and supervisors. The researcher is identifying students as the main component and emphasizing on student-centric approach to field work. This approach would facilitate students to play an active role and gain maximum from the learning from fields. This would also help in resolving many dilemmas and difficulties faced by the students. The other main players like the Institute supervisors and the field work agencies need to be sensitive towards this and adopt the student-centric approach, while guiding them on fields. The researcher further discusses the aspects important in adopting student-centric field work during the course of social work education.