**Thanks**

*Global Social Work - Cutting Edge Issues and Critical Reflections*

for people so they will allow themselves to be innovative.

creative teaching methods is then recommended.

come up with something new you never thought of by yourself!

management/head of department is therefore crucial.

programmes needs to be further developed.

between those and confidence in the students/participants.

*5.1.4 The ending*

tive of the evaluation.

methods.

**6. Conclusion**

One of the preconditions to make a creative process work is to believe in the power of people and have trust in what they can achieve when giving the possibilities. Before asking people to engage and create visions, etc., it is good to decide and let participants know what the purpose using a certain creative method is. My experience is you as a lecturer/research leader have to create a "safe environment"

By using creative methods where students have been active and created different materials, which also can be exposed directly and part of the common documentation, you can get an evaluation, just by looking around in the room. Asking students and other participants to reflect and make a single comment of what knowledge they have gained and how they will use this in the future will give another perspec-

One of the preconditions when using creative methods is you have to be aware if there is a time limit. You want to end the lecture when students and other participants feel they "understand" the result of the creative activities they have taken part of. You want them to see that they have come up with more creative and innovative ideas and gained other results than they are used to, when using traditional

Working with creative methods is fun, but it is also demanding; you have to stay alert and be flexible to adjust the methods needed according to the situation. Having the possibility to work with a colleague or copartner through different

The conclusion is working with creative teaching methods needs certain preconditions at different levels: organizational, structural and individual. Working with cre-activity means you have to be brave and have trust in other people—they might

• Lecturers need to have knowledge of different methods, flexibility to choose

• The biggest challenge when implementing creative methods in social work education and research is not the students, but other colleagues. Support from

• Students should get an opportunity to try different creative models, focusing not only on *what, how* and *when* to do social work but also on *how* to do this.

• In general, collaboration with representatives from user organizations and professional social workers from different fields and their collaborative partners as well as national and international collaboration between different social work

• New information and communication technology (i.e. smart phones, social media, artificial intelligence, etc.) needs to be developed and used in collaboration with persons from other disciplines and profession to add new and

develop innovative solution on common global social challenges.

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During a period of more than 20 years in the social work programme, there are a huge number of students, professional social workers, user representatives, colleagues/staff members and researchers who have inspired and encouraged me and took active part in the different cre-active methods, which I have used and developed over a long period. I would like to thank you all!
