Journal of Social Work Education articles from March 1999

Journal of Social Work Education archives from March 1999

DO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS DETER CURRICULUM INNOVATION? YES!
March 22, 1999... Point/Counterpoint is a regular feature of the Journal of Social Work Education. Its purpose is to provide a vehicle for the expression of contrasting views on controversial topics in social work education. Our goal is to...

DO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS DETER CURRICULUM INNOVATION? NO!
March 22, 1999... The most commonly used and agreed upon definition of innovation is something new, a change, a challenge to the status quo. Innovation does not behave in a predictable fashion. It can have a moderate impact on routine or require radical, new...

THE MIDDLE YEARS OF THE DECADE PUBLICATION PROJECT: 1994-97.
March 22, 1999... This article, the penultimate report of the Doctoral Faculty Decade Publication Project, focuses on journal articles published by 45 social work faculties from 1994 through 1997, and then summarizes total publications from...

A QUEST FOR CITATIONS? AN ANALYSIS OF AND COMMENTARY ON THE TREND TOWARD MULTIPLE AUTHORSHIP.
March 22, 1999... Academic careers and granting of tenure within the university are directly linked to a record of scholarly production. This growing emphasis on publishing appears to have contributed to an increase in collaborations among...

MAKING THE GRADE: THE QUEST FOR VALIDITY IN ADMISSIONS DECISIONS.
March 22, 1999... This article reports a preliminary study examining the relationship between pre-admission data and later problems in the practicum and classroom for students in a two-year graduate social work program. Pre-admission data for...

SOCIAL WORK RECORDING: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD ISSUE.
March 22, 1999... Recording is an integral component of social work practice. The focus of recording has changed in recent years as social work records have become increasingly important measures of accountability and of organizational and ...

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: AN HBSE PERSPECTIVE.
March 22, 1999... This article presents a developmental vulnerability/resilience and risk/safety framework to educate social work students about intimate partner violence. The framework adopts a multidimensional perspective to understanding...

USING COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION.
March 22, 1999... Cooperative learning strategies employ formally structured groups of students working together to maximize their own and other students' learning. This educational approach changes the classroom environment from one in which...

INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK AND FIELD AGENCIES: TESTING A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS.
March 22, 1999... Factors associated with effective interorganizational relationships between a school of social work and field agencies were explored in a survey of 62 randomly selected field educators. The study examined the relationships...

USING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE CURRICULUM REVIEW PROCESS.
March 22, 1999... Nineteen leaders and potential employers in the health and human services field participated in structured interviews in summer 1996 at a large graduate school of social work regarding the knowledge, skills, and attitudes...

CLINICAL HBSE CONCENTRATION: A TRANSACTIONAL MODEL.
March 22, 1999... This article specifies a transactional model for adequately addressing underconcentration on key areas in advanced clinical HBSE courses. The author discusses the underconcentration, particularly in social work's ...

BOOKS RECEIVED.
March 22, 1999... AIDS/HIV Gant, L. M., Stewart, P. A., & Lynch, V. J. (1998). Social Workers Speak Out on the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Voices from and to African-American Communities. Westport, CT: Praeger. $55 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). By the year 2000, 50%...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
March 22, 1999... To the Editor: In their article "Generalist Practice vs. Case Management: An Accreditation Contradiction" (JSWE, Winter 1999), James Wolk and Mindy Wertheimer assert that BSW programs face a contradiction in abiding by accreditation...

Correction.
March 22, 1999... Elaine P. Congress's affiliation was incorrectly identified in the Winter 1999 Journal ("philosophical Issues in Doctoral Education In Social Work: A Survey of Doctoral Program Directors," pp. 143-153). Dr. Congress is professor and director of...