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Learning Activities: Learning Contract


Individualized Learning Contract

  • This is an activity devised by School of Social Work at the California State University Chico (CSU).
  • In this program, the social work undergraduate students are required to have an in-house training in one social agency.
  • A number of issues will be delivered to the students
  • [Please refer to the file BASW Examples of Learning Activities]
  • Issues or topics include:
    • Legal and court issues
    • Emergency response
    • Sexual abuse
    • Domestic violence
    • Substance abuse
    • Macro practice
    • Research
  • Tasks
    • Review cases
    • Interview with relevant personnel
    • Discussion
    • Writing report

Cross Disciplines

  • Various situation or disabilities, e.g., different school settings, different types of learners
  • School setting: special schools catering for different disabilities, inclusive setting
  • Diverse learners
  • Ask student-teachers to design a learning contract for themselves:
    • To determine school setting and type of disabilities the pre-service teacher wants to study
    • To confirm his or her learning outcome(s)
    • To choose one of the situation listed in the file BASW Examples of Learning Activities
  • Resources needed
    • To be determined

An Example

  • School setting: a mainstream school with inclusive practices
  • Learners: ADHD
  • Learning outcome: Able to identify the learning needs of students with ADHD
  • Tasks
    • In a situation of ˇ§Emergency responseˇ¨
    • To determine if an experienced teacher accompany in the interview with school staff
    • To discuss measures and perspectives of the participants about some emergency cases in the school or classroom
    • To observe participantsˇ¦ responses
    • To share your ideas about your observation

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