Community-Engaged Learning Approaches & Macro Social Work Practice
Using a qualitative design, Dr. Walters and Lucero examined a threaded community-engaged learning project executed across two undergraduate courses – social work research methods and community practice. By analyzing reflection essays with a deductive, two-cycle coding strategy, Jayme and Jess sought to understand how the project affected students’ anxiety, interest, and self-efficacy related to community research and practice. Overall, essays illustrated that real-world experience of the CEL process was effective in increasing interest and self-efficacy while reducing anxiety among students.
Project Documents
“Using Community-Engaged Learning in High-Resistance Social Work Courses” (Open-Access Article)
