Journal of Social Work Education articles from September 2002

Journal of Social Work Education archives from September 2002

Evaluating the outcomes of social work practice: a pilot program. (From The Editor).(Editorial)
September 22, 2002... Former Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) president Barbara White created a Quality in Social Work Education committee of the Board of Directors in 1999 to explore what quality is and how it could be enhanced. This committee was chaired by...

The critical approach to social work. (Invited Essay).
September 22, 2002... WHEN I TOLD MY WIFE I was going to write an article about social work, she asked, "What do you know about social work?" "Nothing," I replied, but quickly added that the first sentence would be, "I approach this topic with temerity and...

Addressing evaluative standards related to program assessment: how do we respond?
September 22, 2002... RECENT TRENDS in higher education indicate that outcome assessment has become a high priority. Universities and academic departments are under increasing pressure to demonstrate effectiveness in achieving educational outcomes (Buchan, 1991)....

Evaluating a measure of student field performance in direct service: testing reliability and validity of explicit criteria.(social work)
September 22, 2002... THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL WORK relies on social work educational programs to produce competent professional practitioners. Consequently, university programs function as the gatekeepers for the profession and are seen by the public as accountable...

MSW student perceptions of the efficacy and ethics of Internet-based therapy.(Master of Social Work)
September 22, 2002... THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES the attitudes and experience of graduate social work students with regard to the emerging use of online practice. The National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) Code of Ethics states that "social workers should...

Ethical issues concerning the use of videoconferencing to supervise international social work field practicum students.
September 22, 2002... FIELD PLACEMENT TRAINING is designed to help students integrate theoretical concepts learned in the classroom into actual client situations within an agency setting (Council on Social Work Education, 2001; Saks, 2002). Additionally, social work...

Bridging the gap between micro and macro practice: large scale change and a unified model of narrative-deconstructive practice.(social work)
September 22, 2002... RECENT INNOVATIONS in social work practice and social work education have been attributed to a postmodern paradigm (Deitz, 2000; Laird, 1993; Witkin, 1999). Postmodernism suggests that truth, meaning, or structure are not fixed or inherent in a...

The role of theory in social work research: a further contribution to the debate.
September 22, 2002... THE DEBATE BETWEEN Bruce Thyer and Tomi Gomory in the Winter 2001 issue of this journal provided a stimulating example of scholarly argument, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to make a further contribution. Their articles brought out...

Popper, positivism, and practice research: a response to Munro.
September 22, 2002... Beware lest any spoil you through philosophy... (Colossians, 2:8) IT WAS REINFORCING to see a distinguished trans-Atlantic colleague such as Eileen Munro take the time to critically evaluate the set of papers Tomi Gomory and I...

Social work method: Karl Popper "justified," induction (justification) falsified--a response to Eileen Munro.
September 22, 2002... EILEEN MUNRO'S ESSAY on the Winter 2001 Point/Counterpoint between Bruce Thyer and myself on the role of theory in the research of social work practice is welcomed. She makes many constructive comments, most of which either expand on individual...

Children & families.(five books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Dror, Y. (2001). Innovative Approaches in Working With Children and Youth: New Lessons From the Kibbutz. New York: Haworth. $29.95 (soft). This book examines state-of-the-art innovations in services for children and youth in the Israeli...

Disability.(Disability, Citizenship, and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights?)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Rummery, K. (2002). Disability, Citizenship, and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights? Manchester, England: Ashgate. $69.95 (cloth). This book develops Marshall's thesis on social citizenship in a way that is relevant to current...

Diversity.(Multiculturalism and the Therapeutic Process; Black, White, or Mixed Race?: Race and Racism in the Lives of Young People of Mixed Parentage)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Mishne, J. (2002). Multiculturalism and the Therapeutic Process. New York: Guilford. $35.00 (cloth). Drawing from the literatures of multicultural therapy, self psychology, and object relations, the author shows how traditional...

Mental health/mental illness.(four books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Breggin, P. (2002). The Ritalin Fact Book. Cambridge, MA: Perseus. $13.00 (soft). The author explores the facts and the myths behind Ritalin and other drugs prescribed to children and adults in the treatment of attention deficit disorders...

Practice.(six books)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Blum, D. (2002). Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection. Cambridge, MA: Perseus. $26.00 (cloth). In a laboratory at the University of Wisconsin in the 1950s and 1960s, Harry Harlow conducted research on a notion...

Professional concerns.(African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History; The Road Not Taken: A History of Radical Social Work in America)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Carlton-LaNey, I. (2001). African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History. Washington, DC: NASW Press. $43.99 (soft). This book profiles African Americans who were influential in social work history and as...

Women's issues.(No Angel in the Classroom: Teaching Through Feminist Discourse)(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Fisher, B. M. (2001). No Angel in the Classroom: Teaching Through Feminist Discourse. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. $21.95 (soft). This book presents what the author says is a theoretically complex, yet down-to-earth and personal...

Faculty publication project. (Letters To The Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2002... To the Editor: We were dismayed to discover the omission of the journal Social Work With Groups from Green, Baskind, and Bellin's article on doctoral faculty publications (JSWE, Winter 2002, pp. 135-152). Social Work With Groups is...

The culture of publication.(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
September 22, 2002... To the Editor: With respect to letters about the faculty publications project (JSWE, Spring/Summer 2002, pp. 241-351), I would like to comment on the culture of social work that creates a hiatus between academic and professional domains. A...