Dr. Pat Cartney, Dr. Trish Hafford – Dr. Pat Cartney, Dr. Trish Hafford – Letchfield, Angus MacDonald, Nicky Letchfield, Angus MacDonald, Nicky Lambert, Jo Pitman and many others Lambert, Jo Pitman and many others

involved in the project..involved in the project..

What we hope to do today

To talk about a filmmaking project we introduced in a Year1 UG SWK Community Project module

To outline briefly – Context and thinking Aims of the project Process – what we did and why Product – what was produced Evaluation Use film as main introduction but live questions Space for you to think about this in relation to your

students – could it work for you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB0wzEh4TWY

Growing discourse about use and abuse of welfare

and pathologising of individuals / groups Encourage reflection on the ‘normal life of

communities’ – strengths as well as issues/problems

Policy context – towards community engagement, citizenship & participation

Learning critical theories and counter discourses which actively engage students with co-production

Beyond the census – creative and meaningful engagement with a social issue

Context for the project

What students were asked to do

Web based inquiry - demographic information about the community population & national and local policy contexts

Choose a particular user group/ issue and investigating how the community has responded to their needs and wellbeing by making direct contact with relevant services, interviewing relevant staff and members of the public

Consider what critical theory could offer in helping frame issues and responses – Habermas, Bourdiou and Foucault

Identify a local campaign and analyse the

issues and evidence in relation to the policy and theoretical frameworks available to make an evaluation of the methods used and effectiveness in achieving its aims

-Use film making as a basis for enquiry and group work (did some other things too but this is our focus today…)

Video clips…

Aims….

To explore the concepts of ‘community’ and theoretical

contexts for practice Partnership and participation through examination of social

policy and the institutions and structures that support service users and carers at a local level.

Direct skills through active enquiry, synthesis and evaluation of information about the socio-economic and political realities in their local community including direct contact with the public and organisations providing support.

Different disciplines contributing to knowledge and analysis of structures in their own communities with a clear focus on its strengths and potential for active community engagement.

To encourage students to be creative in their approach to communication by using arts based methods to communicate an issue important to social work.

Community Project - aims

8 one day university based workshops focused on

relevant key concepts, theories and research using short interactive lectures, structured debates and small group-work.

Self-directed community based learning - active in information gathering, practice based inquiry and assessment and evaluation of policy and demographic issues in their own local community.

10 days of self-directed learning in their own community through volunteering, observation, interviewing and issue based inquiry..

Module structure

What we did –

Students worked in small groups to choose issue We worked with Dan and Angus around making films,

editing etc Students shot their films on location and edited Support from Dan and Angus for us and students Group ‘Oscars’ – presentations and feedback

Video clips…..

Process

Generating Themes

Team work and decision making

Editing and refining

Clips of films…

Outcomes….

The Oscars

Online pre and post survey on use of social

media skills Peer and tutor feedback at the Oscars Focus group – project team and students Documentary analysis of students written

reflections

Evaluation

Do you think that filmmaking could be

something you might think about using with your students?

What might some of the potential issues be?

What might some of the potential benefits be?

Your thoughts…

Where to next?