Smith, Aaron
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Dr. Aaron Smith was Assistant Professor of Counselling2024-03-27T15:10:19ZRedeeming the Rejected: Curious George and Evidence-Based Approaches
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Redeeming the Rejected: Curious George and Evidence-Based Approaches
Smith, Aaron P. B.
The author’s recent participation in a doctoral course on epistemology and the nature of social work knowledge produced an inner struggle regarding the validity of positivist and evidence-based approaches to social work practice and research. This article seeks to share some of this struggle as many social workers, students, and researchers have and continue to encounter debates regarding the use of evidence-based approaches in social work practice and research. The dichotomous nature these debates often take has often resulted in the exclusive embracing, defending and perpetuation of evidence-based approaches or the complete rejection and discarding of such approaches. The
author suggests in this article that social workers, researchers, and academics consider an alternative approach to the debate.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZArt, Objects, and Beautiful Stories: A “New” Approach to Spiritual Care
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Art, Objects, and Beautiful Stories: A “New” Approach to Spiritual Care
Smith, Aaron P. B.; Read, Julia E.
The use of story, and the use of art or various arts-based techniques have become popular in a number of helping professions, including spiritual care. There remains a gap in the literature, however, in which an approach comprised of both story and art or objects is explored. This paper addresses this gap by discussing the experience, theory, benefits, and technique of combining story and art or object-based techniques for the provision of spiritual care.
2017-01-01T00:00:00ZRussell and the Handshake: Greeting in Spiritual Care
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Russell and the Handshake: Greeting in Spiritual Care
Smith, Aaron P. B.
One of the most common practices in spiritual care involves welcoming or greeting others. Despite this, there is little literature exploring this practice in terms of how it is experienced by those we greet, how it impacts people and relationships, and how it should occur. By reflecting on several stories of handshakes and greeting, this paper seeks to call to attention the experience, impact, and “how-to” of greeting in spiritual care.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZInstructor-Featured Videos and the Importance of Social Presence in Online Education
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Instructor-Featured Videos and the Importance of Social Presence in Online Education
Smith, Aaron P. B.
The recent global shift to online teaching has thrust educators in all levels and forms of education into new roles and experiences. As many have little prior experience teaching online, it is possible that there are those who feel overwhelmed, and as such focus on technical aspects of online education. By reviewing the concept of social presence in online education, this paper seeks to accomplish two tasks: first, to remind readers of the importance of interpersonal aspects of online education; and second, to recommend instructor-featured videos as an accessible and effective way of fostering social presence and helping students feel grounded, connected, and reassured.
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