Simulated and live practice teaching : the practice teacher's craft

Doel, M; Shardlow, SM

Abstract

The paper considers the assertion that students can learn how to practise exclusively through simulations, without working with real clients. The authors look at the benefits and difficulties of both live and simulated practice for the student's learning, and discuss two fallacies which, if left unchallenged, could threaten the existing arrangements for practice learning in social work. Finally, the paper describes practice teaching in terms of a craft.

This paper was first presented to a Conference of practice teachers and it preserves some of its original informality.

Citation

Doel, M., & Shardlow, S. (1996). Simulated and live practice teaching : the practice teacher's craft. Social Work Education, 15(4), 16-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479611220321

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1996
• Deposit Date: Feb 15, 2010
• Journal: Social Work Education
• Print ISSN: 0261-5479
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 16-33
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479611220321
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479611220321