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Authenticity Over Risk Aversion: Defining simulation in Australian social work education
Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.25(2), pp.22-27
2025
Abstract
Simulation in social work education has only recently developed a following in Australia, with many social work educators and academics utilising a variety of approaches to teach micro practice skills. However, there is growing interest by Australian social work educators for broader use and understanding of simulation pedagogy. One hurdle in the adoption of simulated activities is the definition of simulation itself, with many educators unsure of the rationale for simulation, the benefit of simulation activities, the requirements of themselves as teaching staff, and the impact on students in their learning. A small group of educators initiated an analytic autoethnographic methodology to understand how social work educators were defining simulation, and then enacting the pedagogy. This reflective narrative seeks to inspire a national conversation into the various advantages of embracing, and adopting, a simulation pedagogy in Australian social work curriculum.
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- Title
- Authenticity Over Risk Aversion: Defining simulation in Australian social work education
- Authors
- Mim Fox - University of WollongongSera Harris - Western Sydney UniversityGerard Jefferies - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyMark Lynch - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.25(2), pp.22-27
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education
- Date published
- 2025
- ISSN
- 1329-0584
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2025 Copyright © Australian & New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991103243102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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