Journal of Social Work Education articles from January 2001

Journal of Social Work Education archives from January 2001

Some Changes.
January 1, 2001... This issue of the Journal introduces a new version of the Point/Counterpoint section, one among other varieties that will appear from time to time. The new version included in this issue consists of an invited commentary on a peer-reviewed,...

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THEORY IN RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE?
January 1, 2001... The gap between theory and practice is a wide one. Agatha Christie IN 1967, WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, Scott Briar (1967) labeled the state of affairs with respect to research on social casework as a "crisis," in part because our...

A FALLIBILISTIC RESPONSE TO THYER'S THEORY OF THEORY-FREE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE.
January 1, 2001... "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -neither more or less." "The question is,' said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different...

Research on Social Work Practice Does Not Benefit from Blurry Theory: A Response to Tomi Gomory.
January 1, 2001... The idea that casework needs a superordinate theory or theories is no longer tenable. The knowledge base of future practice will more likely consist of a variety of empirically demonstrated propositions from different...

CRITICAL RATIONALISM (GOMORY'S BLURRY THEORY) OR POSITIVISM (THYER'S THEORETICAL MYOPIA): WHICH IS THE PRESCRIPTION FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH?
January 1, 2001... Man has created new worlds--of language, of music, of poetry, of science; and the most important of these is the world of the moral demands, for equality, for freedom, and for helping the weak. Karl Popper IN THE...

EDITH ABBOTT WAS RIGHT: DESIGNING FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES FOR CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE PRACTICE.
January 1, 2001... SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE in the contemporary, economically driven health care environment demands. unprecedented levels of technical competence, initiative, creativity, and conceptual sophistication. Appropriate preparation for practice...

COLLABORATION ON CRITICAL QUESTIONS IN CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPY: A MODEL LINKING REFERRAL, ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, AND EVALUATION.
January 1, 2001... SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN interested in helping clients change. The evolution of new modes of intervention has facilitated rapid outcomes on the one hand (Marks, 1987; Ost, Salkovskis, & Hellstrom, 1991) and an increase in emphasis on...

STUDENT LEARNING PROCESSES IN FIELD EDUCATION: RELATIONSHIP OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO QUALITY OF FIELD INSTRUCTION, SATISFACTION, AND PERFORMANCE AMONG MSW STUDENTS.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... FIELD EDUCATION IS an essential part of education for social work practice. In the field, students develop practice skills, translate theory from the classroom into the reality of practice, and test their ability to be professional social...

EVALUATING PRACTICE: ASSESSMENT OF THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS.
January 1, 2001... THE SEARCH FOR QUALITY AND effectiveness in social work is ubiquitous and longstanding. Topics related to theoretical relevance, efficacious treatment techniques and strategies that promote the general welfare are part and parcel of the social...

ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG CONTENT IN CORE COURSES: ENCOURAGING SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... AS WITH ALL OF THE HELPING professions, social workers see their fair share of substance abusing clients. The authors suggest that successful intervention for alcohol and drug problems depends, in part, on the extent to which social workers...

COVERAGE OF GAY AND LESBIAN SUBJECT MATTER IN SOCIAL WORK JOURNALS.
January 1, 2001... IN 1992 THE Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) revised the Curriculum Policy Statement, adding a requirement that programs must include curriculum content on sexual orientation. (CSWE, 1992). For social work programs to meet this mandate,...

PERCEPTIONS AMONG SOCIAL WORK AND NON-SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS CONCERNING CAUSES OF POVERTY.
January 1, 2001... COMPARISONS BETWEEN the perceptions of social work and non-social work students concerning causes of poverty may help determine whether social work programs, by their admission procedures or curricula, make a difference in how their students...

EDUCATING SOCIAL WORKERS FOR HEALTH CARE'S BRAVE NEW WORLD.
January 1, 2001... EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL WORK in health care is taking place against the backdrop of a health service delivery system rapidly changing shape and priorities, with corresponding effects on the organizational structures, practice focus, roles, and...

Plagiarism and the Web.
January 1, 2001... Imagine you have just finished grading a large stack of papers, Three are uncomfortably memorable. The first was well researched, but the writer cited references not readily available on campus. The second consisted of typically rocky writing...

BOOKS RECEIVED.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2001... Children & Families Altstein, H., & McRoy, R. G. (2000). Does Family Preservation Serve a Child's Best Interests? Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. $45.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). In this seventh volume of the Pro and Con...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
January 1, 2001... Gatekeeping Policies in Social Work Programs To the Editor: The Point/Counterpoint "Should Convicted Felons be Denied Admission to a Social Work Education Program?" (JSWE, Fall 2000) evoked a strong response in me. To uniformly...