Increasing the Capacity for Quantitative Teaching in Social Work Undergraduate Courses

拟议的项目将发展全国各地的社会工作学者的能力，通过为期1天的入门培训课程，两个为期3天的高级课程，这将是一个小组的后续参与的补充，重点是把学习付诸实践和在线教学资源的生产，以分享和支持整个项目的学者学习。该提案旨在补充一个平行的课程创新项目，但可以独立。在第一阶段和第二阶段（2012-13），RDI将专注于为3所致力于发展社会工作本科学位定量技能教学的先驱大学（巴斯、贝德福德郡和女王贝尔法斯特）教学和开发在线资源。目的是每年提供专业教学，同时在课程的所有元素中增加定量数据的使用。因此，该项目将为所有工作人员举办简短的介绍性讲习班，并为带头进行定量教学的讲师提供更先进的教学和持续的指导。此外，还将为学术界准备一个在线网络资源。在第一阶段期间，将与先驱地区合作开发这一基于网络的设施，为学术界汇集各种资源，包括教学助手、作业、关键文本和互动教案或小组活动。第三阶段（2013-14）将涉及通过三个为期一天的介绍性课程推出教学，每个课程最多可容纳30名学者，两个高级课程最多可容纳12名学者。此外，高级课程的参与者将在共同申请人之一的协助下以小组形式工作，并专注于将学习付诸实践。最后，在第四阶段，网络资源将最终修订，并提供给整个社会工作学术界，评估将完成。该项目将主要通过比较学生和工作人员的知识和观点的变化之前，实施后的第一年，然后在RDI结束进行评估。整个项目为ESRC提供了卓越的性价比，因为工作人员和大学的承诺允许以实际成本的一小部分提供培训和资源。此外，戈德堡中心承诺定期维护和更新网站，直至2018年或以后。

The proposed project would develop the capacity of social work academics across the country to teach quantitative research through a programme of 1-day introductory training sessions, two 3-day advanced courses which would be supplemented by follow-up participation in a small group focussed on putting learning into practice and production of online teaching resources to share and support learning for academics across the project. The proposal is intended to complement a parallel Curriculum Innovation project, but can stand alone. In phase 1 and 2 (2012-13) the RDI will focus on teaching and developing online resources for 3 pioneer Universities committed to developing the teaching of quantitative skills across undergraduate degrees in social work (Bath, Bedfordshire and Queen's Belfast). The aim is to provide specialist teaching in each year and simultaneously increase the use of quantitative data across all elements of the course. The project will therefore develop brief introductory workshops for all staff, and more advanced teaching and ongoing mentoring for lecturers taking the lead on quantitative teaching. In addition, an online web resource will be prepared for academics. During phase 1 this web-based facility will be developed in collaboration with the pioneer areas to bring together a variety of resources for academics, including teaching aides, assignments, key texts and interactive lesson plans or group activities. Phase 3 (2013-14) will involve the roll-out of teaching through three Introductory 1-day courses for up to 30 academics each and two advanced courses for up to 12 academics each. In addition, participants in the advanced courses will work in small groups facilitated by one of the co-applicants and focussed on putting learning into practice across the curriculum. Finally, in Phase 4 the web resources will be finally revised and made available to the whole of the social work academic community and the evaluation will be completed. The project will be primarily evaluated by comparing the knowledge and views of students and staff prior to the implementation of the changes, after the first year and then at the end of the RDI. The entire project offers exceptional value-for-money for the ESRC, as the commitment of staff and Universities allows the provision of training and resources at a fraction of their genuine cost. In addition, the Goldberg Centre undertakes to maintain and update the website on a regular basis until 2018 or beyond.