Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module is connected closely to the modules ‘Field Study’ (5 ECTS) and ‘Practice Reasarch and Service User Perspectives’ (10 ECTS). Although divided into three modules the three modules will be overlapping as ‘Practice Research and Service User Perspectives’ will be the focus of the Field Study and the PBL-project.

The module will introduce and improve the students’ understanding of problem based approach and prepare the student to use the approach in all three ‘Aalborg modules’.

The module is divided into different subjects:

• PBL – a general introduction
• PBL – the connection to Social Work, Practice Research and Service User

Perspectives:

Writing a PBL-project on the basis of a Field Study and the overall theme of Practice research and Service User perspectives PBL-project seminar – groups present and discus critically issues from the process ofinvestigating and writing a project.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• about problem based theories, methods and processes
• to put problem based approaches into action
• about the general connection and collaboration between problem based learning and social work and welfare
• about the more specific connection and collaboration between problem based learning, service users and practice research

Skills

• to define problems to be studied, analyzed and critically reflected through service user perspectives and practice research
• to demonstrate analytical knowledge in collaboration with different stakeholders in social work and welfare institutions

Competences

• to develop problem based research with different actors in complex practices
• to implement reflective and knowledge based improvements in social work with a clear reference to theoretical, methodological, empirical experiences in the field of study
• to take responsibility for one’s own learning processes and outcome

Type of instruction

Lectures and project work

Extent and expected workload

15 ECTS

Exam

Exams