The application of co-operative inquiry to a student led research project on social work placement: A student, professional placement coordinator, and academic tutor reflect on their experience

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dc.contributor.authorHalton, Carmel
dc.contributor.authorRose, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-11T13:00:01Z
dc.date.available2026-05-11T13:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe authors reflect on their experiences of engaging in an international, online, student-led co-operative inquiry research project. It was designed and delivered during Covid-19, a time when placements and social work education had to adapt and accommodate new teaching and learning methods, to enable social work education programmes to continue, and when all but essential international and internal travel was restricted (Archer-Kuhn et al., 2020; Dept. of Taoiseach, 2020; McLaughlin et al., 2020; O’Brien et al, 2023). For the placement duration, Australian and Irish social work students and their academic tutors engaged in online conversations that were transcribed, resulting in the coproduction of data. (McLaughlin et al., in press). The authors include a student, an academic, and a professional placement coordinator. The research project was a first-time engagement with such an activity for all 3 authors. They discuss features of the project design and its enactment and critically reflect on their own engagement with the project. Using co-operative inquiry, the article points to how students, in collaboration with academic tutors, used co-operative inquiry and various technological affordances to complete a piece of practice research, while on placement, during Covid-19. The article points to an increase in student knowledge and confidence in completing field research.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidHalton, Carmel
dc.identifier.authororcidRose, Joanne§0000-0002-1922-3621
dc.identifier.authororcidMcLaughlin, Amy
dc.identifier.citationHalton, C, Rose, J & McLaughlin, A 2023, 'The application of co-operative inquiry to a student led research project on social work placement: A student, professional placement coordinator, and academic tutor reflect on their experience', The Irish Social Worker, vol. Winter 2023, pp. 74-85. < https://www.lenus.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/9ec9be95-a495-4caa-801d-437dd6fa2458/content >
dc.identifier.endpage85
dc.identifier.issn0332-4583
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Irish Social Worker
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1922-3621/work/151268336
dc.identifier.startpage74
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18740
dc.identifier.volumeWinter 2023
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.lenus.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/9ec9be95-a495-4caa-801d-437dd6fa2458/content
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.rights.licensenameAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectSocial Work Education
dc.subjectStudent led research
dc.subjectCo-operative inquiry
dc.subjectPractice research
dc.subjectExperiential learning
dc.subjectPlacement
dc.subject[SocialStudies]
dc.titleThe application of co-operative inquiry to a student led research project on social work placement: A student, professional placement coordinator, and academic tutor reflect on their experienceen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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