Analysis of Students' Perception about the Future Social Educator and Social Worker´s Intervention Areas through a Digital Teaching Method with Multimedia Concept Maps

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  • Eloy López Meneses
  • Esteban Vázquez-Cano
  • Esther Fernández Márquez
Keywords: Intervention areas, social worker, social educator, digital teaching methods, multimedia concept maps.

Abstract

This diachronic study describes a university innovative experience consisting on the development of multimedia concept maps in order to analyze the students' perception on the main intervention areas of the future educator and social worker. These multimedia concept maps were implemented by students who attended the Information Technologies and Communication subject, corresponding to the Degree in Social Education and dual Degree in Social Education and Work during academic years 2010-13 at Pablo Olavide University (Seville-Spain). A qualitative and descriptive method was implemented to analyze 213 MCMs created by students. Among the most relevant conclusions, we can highlight that multimedia concept maps are a highly interactive and collaborative digital resource and specially beneficial in its application to social studies. Students were able to identify and categorize main intercultural an community areas of social and educational intervention, as follows: Seniors (67%), children, teens and drug dependence (63%), people with disabilities (50%), adults (38%), mental health (31%), socio-community care (24%) and immigrants (21%).

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Published
03-09-2015
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López Meneses, E., Vázquez-Cano, E., & Fernández Márquez, E. (2015). Analysis of Students’ Perception about the Future Social Educator and Social Worker´s Intervention Areas through a Digital Teaching Method with Multimedia Concept Maps. Distance Education Journal, (41). Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/236411
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