Study Skills for Social Workers
- Christine Stogdon
- Robin Kiteley - University of Huddersfield, UK
SAGE Study Skills Series
- Effective writing
- Successful communication
- Reflective study
- E-learning
- Learning in the workplace
- Understanding feedback.
Written in a student-friendly style, Study Skills for Social Workers is interspersed with activities and exercises to enable students to practice and improve their skills as they move through the text. Also included is a glossary, and model answers to sample questions.
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This book has been recommended to first year students embarking on their social work study.
I particularly like the way it encourages students to make the link between study skills and social work practice. Study skills become an important and integral part of being a social worker.
I particularly liked the chapter on self management, which I think is neglected in some areas of social work training. Overall the book is a great manual for students and I too have found useful guidance to share with students.
A useful resource across a number of modules on our Social Work degree.
This text encourages students to develop responsibility for their own learning, and gives helpful commentaries to enable students to reflect on their learning styles
An excellent source of material for social work students at all levels
Christine Stogdon's text 'Study Skills for Social Workers' is a very welcomed and valuable contribution to social work education. As a University committed to widening participation, this texts helps students develop the right academic skills to achieve on this very demanding course. A text well worth promoting.
Useful text that covers all the necessary areas, we'll use it for Masters students and probably for undergraduates as well.
I find this a very comprehensive and useful text which goes beyond just focusing on the production of assignments and reports to include valuable links to skills in communication, feedback and reflection, demonstrating how these effectively link the academic tasks to development of key practice skills.
A very detailed book that I think most students would struggle to get good value from
Worth dipping into
This book offers useful chapters on a number of core study skills, such as essay writing, research skills and referencing. However, where it really excels in enabling students to develop their problem solving and reflective practice skills. By providing a number of excercises in the form senarios it offers students the opportunity to engage in developing higher order skills. It also gives feedback on the excercises which allows students to consider their own actions. I will be recommending this book to students and asking the Library to stock it.
