Educating for ‘Practice Development’ and ‘Social Innovation’

Presented by Prof. Dr. Daniel Gredig, Fachochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland,  Drs. Mike de Kreek, Amsterdam School of Social Work & Drs. Mariël van Pelt, HAN Uni of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen

In an environment characterized by these multi-layered, interactive and rapid changes, social work has to respond meaningfully to evolving needs and expectations of service users and adjust their offers.This interactive workshop focuses on ‘practice development’ and ‘social innovation’ and places curriculum development centre stage. It aims at a) exchanging experiences of social work educators involved in programs preparing students for practice development and social innovation, b) identifying common challenges and c) motivating to endorse teaching for practice development and social innovation in existing social work programs.