Practice and Service Learning in Occupational Therapy Enchancing Potential in Context

Practice and Service Learning in Occupational Therapy: Enhancing Potential in Context is an exciting new book with international appeal. It explores service learning as a feature of practice education for occupational therapy students. Based on qualitative research, some of the book's chapters describe issues faced by students in complex practice situations and highlight educational strategies for promoting socially responsive professional development. This engaging book includes coverage of: The practice education agenda, establishes the academic rationale for various forms of practice learning within an occupational therapy curriculum. The learning opportunities offered by different practice contexts and the different mechanisms for developing the professional identity of students. A review of the mechanisms that may be used for supporting students in the field and a look at the future of practice education and how it might develop in response to local and international drivers. Practice and Service Learning in Occupational Therapy: Enhancing Potential in Context addresses the challenges associated with placing students in often quite vulnerable situations for the purpose of both learning and making a contribution to the community. Occupational therapy practice educators and supervisors, occupational therapy students, students and lecturers of other health and social care, social development professions such as nurses, social workers, public health practitioners, urban planners and teachers would benefit from this book.Alsop, Auldeen is the author of 'Practice and Service Learning in Occupational Therapy Enchancing Potential in Context', published 2006 under ISBN 9780470019696 and ISBN 0470019697.