Kommunikation online
En fallstudie av Korrespondensgymnasiets elevkurativa arbete
Social workInternetOnline communicationSchool counsellorDistance educationSocialt arbeteInternetKommunikation onlineSkolkuratorDistansutbildning
The main purpose of this study was to examine how social work can be performed online, by a case study of Korrespondensgymnasiet that pursues distance education. The intention was to determine the possibilities and limits with the online communication between the school counsellor and the pupils. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with one school counsellor and five pupils and document analysis of three descriptions of the school counsellor?s profession. The theory that has been used in this study is the communication theory: Shannon and Weaver?s Model of Communication and non-verbal communication. An essential discovery is that alternative ways to communicate can maintain an option to traditional communication face to face. This is mainly because the pupils find it more important to have the possibility to make contact with the school counsellor, rather than how the communication is being performed. We also discovered that the descriptions of the school counsellor?s profession doesn?t stand in the way of having online communication with the pupils.