The Needs of Academics and Experts with Lived Experience in Social Work Education

Alice Gojova, Eliska Cerna, Barbora Grundelova, Lukas Roman

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The involvement of people with lived experience in teaching social work has many advantages and reasons. The aim of the text is to find out what needs the teachers (as academics and people with lived experience) have when implementing this subject in their teaching and what the possible ways to fulfil them might be. THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical framework of the research is based on the concept of a co-construction of social work knowledge by including experiential knowledge in social work education. METHODS: To achieve our aims, we used a qualitative research strategy and procedures that required participatory action. OUTCOMES: Three areas of need have been identified as significant for academics and practitioners involved in social work education. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: Our research results have contributed to the expansion of experiential knowledge in social work education.

Keywords
lived experience, learning from lived experience in social work, education in social work, academics and teachers needs, lived experience experts needs

p. 21-38