The present project is about the relevance of project based/practice based learning method in social work education. This deals with the non-conventional teaching-learning methodology in social work education. Social work is practice based profession in which practice is considered as ‘soul’ of the profession. It believes on application approach, hence the pedagogy in social work education should not be only focusing on formal teaching in closed setting but it has to go beyond the it. It has to delimit the boundaries and learning of social work should be learner centric in informal setting by providing them practice based learning tasks.

The new approach of holistic development emphasises on building competency among the students which includes knowledge, skills and attitude. In order to build the competency among learners, teachers also need to be competent and dynamic in terms of delivering the ideas and concepts. Hence, conventional method of lecturing where students have least freedom will not serve the purpose. There has to be shift in approach which provides learner the liberty to reflect, introspect and reform their own understanding about the knowledge they are searching for. Education should lead to empowerment; it should be liberating mechanism and should be based on democratic ideals.

Thus, project based learning/ practice based learning pedagogy which unorthodox and non conventional method will bring certain tangible changes among the learners. This will give students ‘worm eye view’ by which students will able to see through and experience through the reality and develop their own understanding and competencies.

The present study is based on empirical experiences and available secondary data. In this an attempt has been made to explore the relevance of project and practice based learning method as innovative, dynamic and democratic teaching learning method in social work education.

“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do, what lies clearly at hand”