Linette Hawkins

Linette Hawkins is the undergraduate social work field education coordinator at RMIT University (Australia) with research and practice experience is in the flexible delivery of education. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Social Studies, and Graduate Diplomas in applied sociology and public policy and a Certificate of Adult Education. She was awarded an RMIT Certificate for Scholarship of Teaching for her work in flexible delivery. Much of her research and writing has been on professional expertise and multidisciplinary collaboration, particularly in community development and field education. This is within local, national and global contexts. Research interests, particularly participatory action research, include flexible delivery of tertiary education, teamwork and multidisciplinary collaboration, standards for practice, professional expertise, field education and human services labor markets.

Publications

Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work
Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work
Jacques Boulet, Linette Hawkins. © 2021. 309 pages.
Currently there is an enduring and changing meaning of social work in a world where new crises are being confronted and new opportunities are arriving in the evolving context of...
Recontextualization: Origin and Meaning for Social Work
Recontextualization: Origin and Meaning for Social Work
Linette Ann Hawkins. © 2021. 12 pages.
The concept of recontextualization has received minimal attention in social work literature. Exploring the practical and political ways in which social work has been...
Internationalising Social Work Education Using Massive Open Online Courses
Internationalising Social Work Education Using Massive Open Online Courses
Linette Hawkins, Jennifer Martin, Elspeth McKay, Supriya Pattanayak. © 2017. 17 pages.
Internationalising the curriculum is a priority of universities worldwide and increasingly a focus of social work education. Social workers espouse principles of global justice...
Beyond Borders: International Social Work Field Education
Beyond Borders: International Social Work Field Education
Linette Hawkins, Supriya Pattanayak, Jennifer Martin, Lew Hess. © 2016. 16 pages.
International social work field education placements pose considerable challenges for students, educators, universities and host communities. Students may face conceptual...
Internationalising Social Work Education Using Massive Open Online Courses
Internationalising Social Work Education Using Massive Open Online Courses
Linette Hawkins, Jennifer Martin, Elspeth McKay, Supriya Pattanayak. © 2015. 16 pages.
Internationalising the curriculum is a priority of universities worldwide and increasingly a focus of social work education. Social workers espouse principles of global justice...
Information Communication Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts and Cases
Information Communication Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts and Cases
Jennifer Martin, Linette Hawkins. © 2010. 302 pages.
Information communication technologies in human services are of increasing interest and concern to health and welfare educators, managers, and practitioners due to their useful...
Educating a Multidisciplinary Human Services Workforce: Using a Blended Approach
Educating a Multidisciplinary Human Services Workforce: Using a Blended Approach
Jennifer Martin, Elspeth McKay, Linette Hawkins. © 2010. 14 pages.
This chapter explores technological developments in the human services and the educational requirements of a skilled labor force. It is argued that learner experiences can be...
Virtual Communication for Field Education Placements in a Global Context
Virtual Communication for Field Education Placements in a Global Context
Linette Hawkins, Supriya Patanayak. © 2010. 18 pages.
Increasing reliance upon information communication technology is one of the major factors in the current student profile which challenges the traditional concept of professional...