Journal of Social Work Education articles from March 2006

Journal of Social Work Education archives from March 2006

Employment opportunities in social work education: a study of jobs for doctoral graduates.
March 22, 2006... BASED ON THE NUMBERS OF PROGRAMS offering degrees in social work in the United States, social work education has been growing in recent decades (Karger & Stoesz, 2003; Lennon, 2002). Between 1996 and 2000, the number of Council on Social Work...

Advancing social work curriculum in psychopharmacology and medication management.
March 22, 2006... SINCE THE 1950S, when chlorpromazine was found to be helpful in the treatment of psychotic disorders, social workers have been working closely with psychiatrists to provide effective mental health care to clients who might benefit from the use...

One school's experience in reconceptualizing part-time doctoral education in social work.
March 22, 2006... THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH in the number of doctoral programs in social work in the United States over the past 2 decades and in the number of students enrolled in such programs. In 1977, there were 35 doctoral programs in social work,...

Moving toward a more inclusive educational environment? A multi-sample exploration of religious discrimination as seen through the eyes of students from various faith traditions.
March 22, 2006... RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION is an issue of concern to all social workers. The United Nation's (1948/1998) Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that religious liberty is a fundamental human right and prohibits religious discrimination....

Change between entry and graduation in MSW student views on social work's traditional mission, career motivations, and practice preferences: Caucasian, student of color, and American Indian group comparisons.(Master of Social Work)
March 22, 2006... WHY STUDENTS CHOOSE social work as a career has been an area of interest and debate in the literature for some time. For example, Specht and Courtney (1994) sparked considerable controversy within the profession by asserting the provocative...

Supervising students developmentally: evaluating a seminar for new field instructors.
March 22, 2006... FIELD INSTRUCTORS PROVIDE STUDENTS with arguably the most sustained individualized educational experience of their social work education, yet they often receive little training for this vital role (Abramson & Fortune, 1990; Raschick, Maypole, &...

Evaluation study of an interdisciplinary social work and law curriculum for domestic violence.
March 22, 2006... OVER THE PAST 3 decades, a growing recognition of the problem of domestic violence within the United States has resulted in the development of an array of services delivered by different professional disciplines to address the legal, social...

Teaching clinical social work skills primarily online: an evaluation.
March 22, 2006... SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS have not been among early adopters of Internet-mediated courses; a search of the literature finds very few peer-reviewed articles about this topic prior to 2000, and the small number of articles since that time are...

Assessing student writing proficiency in graduate schools of social work.
March 22, 2006... IN 2001 THE AUTHORS PUBLISHED an article in JSWE (Alter & Adkins, 2001) that focused on the writing problems among graduate social work students. In a review of the literature and through a writing assessment project, we attempted to discover...

Evaluating teaching: listening to students while acknowledging bias.
March 22, 2006... MUCH RESEARCH has been conducted over the past 50 years to examine student evaluations of teaching (SETs) as a method of assessing instructor performance. While some studies have found that using SETs is generally a valid method of assessment,...

Integrating evidence-based practice and social work field education.
March 22, 2006... RECENTLY, the social work academic community has been considering and critiquing the idea of evidence-based practice (EBP), an important paradigm shift designed to promote the consistent use of scientifically validated information and effective...

Making statistics "real" for social work students.(TEACHING NOTES )
March 22, 2006... THERE IS SOME DEBATE regarding social work student perceptions of research and statistics courses. While social work students enrolled in research methods courses generally report some apprehension, for instance, others report positive...

An exploratory study on multiple intelligences and social work education.
March 22, 2006... AN IMPORTANT QUESTION for those involved in educating social workers is, "What does it mean to be an intelligent social worker?" The answer to this question carries great relevance for input (admissions), throughput (curriculum and educational...

Paper or pixels? An inquiry into how students adapt to online textbooks.
March 22, 2006... TRADITIONAL PAPER TEXTBOOKS are the backbone for instruction, but electronic "hypertext" is increasingly common. Libraries often distribute reserve readings online instead of circulating paper copies, generally in portable document file format...

Social work and public health: comparing graduates from a dual-degree program.
March 22, 2006... COMBINED MASTER'S PROGRAMS in social work and public health (MSW/MPH) have proliferated over the past 3 decades. Best estimates suggest that there are 20 nationwide, with others in development (Howard & Jaros, 2003; Wilkinson, Copeland, &...