O'Shea, Johanna and McGinnis, Emma
(2020)
‘Do you really want me to tell ya!’ critical learning
in engaging young people in contact with the
justice system as peer educators with social work
students.
Social Work Education, 39 (6).
pp. 706-720.
ISSN 0261-5476
Abstract
This paper outlines and evaluates an active and experiential learning
project, which gave young people involved with the justice
system, a voice as peer educators engaging with social work
students outside of the traditional educational institution. The
project had two key interconnecting elements. Firstly, by engaging
a hidden population of young people in a realistic and meaningful
way, it enabled them to share their experiences, and allowed
students to understand the complexity of what it means to be
socially excluded. Secondly, through this active participation process
the young people began to see education as a desirable goal.
The project took place over three months and included 10 social
work students and 13 young people involved with the justice system.
Creative use of multimedia facilitated production of a learning
resource to capture the young people’s lived experiences with statutory
social work and justice systems. Young people were fundamentally
challenged in their beliefs about themselves being involved in
education to achieve a qualification. Students were challenged in
their creativity and versatility responding to the task, when collaborating
with ‘hard to reach’ young people. They were furthermore
challenged in terms of their attitudes and assumptions in relation
to offending and social justice.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Users perspectives; user
participation; social justice;
criminal justice social work;
youth justice; narrative
approaches; person
centered; students; higher
education; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Applied Social Studies |
| Item ID: |
14908 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2019.1663813 |
| Depositing User: |
Johanna O'Shea
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| Date Deposited: |
11 Oct 2021 09:35 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Social Work Education |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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