Social Media in Social Work Education

An up-to-date guide to the effective use of social media in social work education

There has been a recent growth in the use of social media tools in social work education. This edited text presents a series of chapters which discuss social media activities and how they can contribute to student learning, and social work practice. The contributors, all innovators in the use of social media, introduce the landscape and discuss how social media activities have begun to impact on both social work education and on practice. The professional codes of practice and the values and ethics questions such activities can raise are introduced and explored across the chapters.

Packed with practical examples and exercises, this innovative textbooks is a useful tool for students, practitioners and academics new to using social media in their teaching. 

Foreword Jackie Rafferty

Introduction Joanne Westwood

Obstacles to and engagement with social media Liz Thackray

Student social workers use of social media: findings from a cross-national survey Joanne Westwood, Amanda Taylor, and David McKendrick

Using closed Facebook groups to teach social work skills, values, and approches for social media Tarsem Singh Cooner 

When actual meets virtual; social work book groups as a teaching and learning medium in social work education Amanda Taylor

New technology in social work education: blogs and blogging  David McKendrick

Creating #team turner: creating an autoethnography of connection within social work education Denise Turner

Conclusion Joanne Westwood

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References

Appendix: social media activities in social work education

Index