Social work education: Reflections during Covid-19 lockdown

Authors

  • Kelly J. Glubb-Smith Lecturer, University of Waikato
  • Tania Roberts BSW Student, University of Waikato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id742

Keywords:

covid-19, social work education,

Abstract

Teaching social work students in Aotearoa New Zealand during the Covid-19 crisis produced an acute awareness of the impact of lockdown levels 3 and 4 on student wellbeing. Students were required to rapidly adapt to study in a fully online environment without the face-to-face support of university campus life. Normal social and academic pressures were immediately intensified, with no immediate relief in sight. Student resilience was tested further due to multiple factors such as: suddenly reduced incomes, parenting during lockdown, caring for whānau both within and external to their “bubble”, and being unable to come together with loved ones to celebrate life events or mourn those who had passed.

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Ruwhiu, L. A., Te Hira, L., Eruera, M., & Elkington, J. (2016). Borderland engagements in Aotearoa New Zealand: Te Tiriti and social policy. In J. Maidment & L. Beddoe (Eds.), Social policy for social work and human services in Aotearoa New Zealand: Diverse perspectives (pp. 79–93). Canterbury University Press.

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Published

2020-08-05

How to Cite

Glubb-Smith, K. J., & Roberts, T. (2020). Social work education: Reflections during Covid-19 lockdown. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(2), 46–48. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id742

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