Education for social care workers - The views of course participants
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1998-10Author
Hodgins, Margaret
Kelleher, Cecily
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Hodgins, Margaret, & Kelleher, Cecily. (1998). Education for social care workers—the views of course participants. Studies in the Education of Adults, 30(2), 208-216. doi: 10.1080/02660830.1998.11730684
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Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that the experiences of the adult le::1.rner returning co
education 1nd the experiences of the younger student are very di.fferem. For the 1dult
learner, fin:rncial situation. motivation. seu:confidence, familiarity with the world of
employment and unfamiliarity with the world of books. papers and assessments place
chem in a very different arena co the regular full-time student. Subsequenclv, the needs
of md [be approach taken to learning by adults, are likely to be quite different from
those ot' students who have not left mainstream education. A.n adult education
approach encourages learners co dr.iw on their past and current experience in the
home, family and in work environments, and to use these experiences to consider
critically the inlormation presented to them. Adult learners are often more likely to
focus on the relevance of information rn their work or home situation.
In the '.lrea of educ:ition and training in social care, an opportun.irv to compare the
ideas of cominuing full-time students with adult learners arose in the comexc of a study
on the need to train formal social care workers who work wich older people. In Ireland.
the pro\•ision ot' social care education and uaining cakes pl:ice boch through ac.Juit
educ:.1tion and through .full-time, mainstream forms of delivery. A..n 1n::ilysis of responses
made by both groups of learners forms the basis of this ::ircicle.