ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the concepts of both teaching and learning, then examines the core theories of learning and the resulting instructional approaches. Human services field educators have traditionally drawn heavily on concepts of supervision and adult education to explain both teaching and learning of experiential practice. Learning theories and the complementary teaching and instructional approaches are identified, and the chapter concludes with practical examples of strategies and approaches to be used in the human services field. Becoming a good educator requires an understanding of learning from the student perspective, expertise in human services practice, a mastery of teaching skills, a willingness to evaluate practice and the desire to be a lifelong learner. In human services fieldwork, teaching and learning take place during field education. Students in the field are required to learn skills, particular behaviours and concepts of problem-solving and critical thinking, and to develop knowledge about themselves and their emotional responses to situations.
