Journal of Social Work Education articles

Recent articles from Journal of Social Work Education

A dialogue on the economic decline and higher education.(Editorial)
January 1, 2009... MY PONDERINGS ABOUT this topic began one evening during a discussion of age cohort effects in a Helping Strategies with Older Adults class. We were discussing the fact that events such as wars, technological advances, and economic depressions have biopsychosocial impacts on persons who live...

Breaking the silence: sexual orientation in social work field education.(Report)
January 1, 2009... FIELD EDUCATION, MORE SO than any other component of the social work curriculum, challenges students to integrate professional knowledge, values, and skills into their personal identity and sense of self. This multifaceted integration is clearly a process that takes place over the span of...

Metaphors and the pejorative framing of marginalized groups: implications for social work education.(Essay)
January 1, 2009... THE FOLLOWING QUOTE appeared in a 1993 National Review article on the topic of welfare reform: Work requirements are catnip for social workers; they see counseling galore in the educational programs and training seminars that Congress will construe as meeting the...

Construction and validation of a professional suitability scale for social work practice.(Survey)
January 1, 2009... SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS are responsible for assessing and screening students' professional suitability to practice social work. Professional suitability is defined as good understanding of social work knowledge, skills, and values and the performance of appropriate behaviors in given practice...

Picky, picky, picky: ranking graduate schools of social work by student selectivity.
January 1, 2009... AMERICANS ARE UNDENIABLY fascinated by ranking. We seem to rank everything. Some rankings are trivial (e.g., the best-dressed or richest person); some merely note successful marketing (e.g., the best-selling car, bar of soap, or book). Other rankings have substantive implications for social...