Linette Hawkins

Linette Hawkins’ experience as a practitioner, planner, project worker and educator has spanned social work, welfare studies and community and international development. Her employers have included state and commonwealth governments, universities and non-government organizations. The participatory action research approach has guided her research with others in areas such as, the labour market and education for professional expertise in community and human services and innovative field education models. Organizations in which she is involved include Action Research Issues Association (ARIA), Australian Association of Social Work (AASW), Borderlands Cooperative, International Association of Community Development (IACD) and New Community Quarterly Management Committee.

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...