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Utilising a Virtual Community to practice Community Work theory during COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa

Author(s) -

Elmien Claassens

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the journal of practice teaching in health and social work

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 1746-6113

pISSN - 1460-6690

DOI - 10.1921/jpts.v17i3.1456

Subject(s) - work (physics) , covid-19 , community work , face (sociological concept) , social work , sociology , pandemic , virtual community , online community , community of practice , pedagogy , public relations , medical education , political science , medicine , engineering , computer science , the internet , social science , world wide web , mechanical engineering , disease , pathology , law , infectious disease (medical specialty)

In this practice note, I highlight the challenges social work practice lecturers overcame during a national lockdown midst the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa whilst converting face to face teaching on community work to the online environment. I discuss how a fictitious virtual community was created, enabling students to apply the theoretical knowledge on community work from the practice module. I share the practical application on how students were able to ‘do’ community work in a virtual community and what we as a team of social work practice educators learned as a result.

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