Professors who successfully integrate writing into their coursework report increased teaching satisfaction and improved student preparation and performance (Bean & Melzer, 2021). This session explains how one instructor integrated the Handbook for Social Work Writing into her social policy course with minimal effort and how her students rated its usefulness.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Understand and use the results of this descriptive study to improve student writing.
Identify ways to integrate writing skills development into their social work courses and curriculum.
Utilize a strengths-based and disability justice perspective in developing student writing skills.
