PREPARARE AL TIROCINIO DI SERVIZIO SOCIALE: INTERROGATIVI E RAPPRESENTAZIONI

Nationally and internationally, practice placement is considered the key experience in Social work education. The aim of this theoretical essay is to deepen the preparation to practice placement, debating, through questions and representations, reflections on the following concepts: the relationship between theory and practice, the expectations and responsibilities in teaching and learning and in knowledge production processes, the needed pre-requisites to begin the practice placement, the emotional and relational dimension of the experience. This article can support students, educators and practice teachers in living, planning, supporting and assessing the practice placement experience, including researchers investigating the needs and peculiarities of social work education.