Journal of Social Work Education articles from September 2006

Journal of Social Work Education archives from September 2006

Factors affecting the interest of Israeli social work students in working with different client groups.
September 22, 2006... A KEY VALUE IN SOCIAL WORK is a commitment to act on behalf of the disadvantaged and the marginalized. This is reflected in the professional code of ethics in various countries (Israeli Association of Social Workers, 1994; National Association...

Staying current in a changing profession: evaluating perceived change resulting from continuing professional education.(knowledge, attitude, and behavior )
September 22, 2006... THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP between social work practice and education is likely to play an important role in responding to the increasing public demand for accountability, efficiency, and effectiveness as manifest in the outcomes measurement...

Reputations, rankings, and realities of social work schools: challenges for future research.
September 22, 2006... IN RECENT YEARS, social workers have become increasingly aware of the crucial role that "image" can play in shaping such matters as public support for the profession, the salaries of social workers and, even, applications to schools of social...

Moral reasoning of MSW social workers and the influence of education.
September 22, 2006... SIMILAR TO OTHER PROFESSIONS, social work deals in moral issues. On a daily basis, social workers confront these issues in the form of questions about the rights of individuals to make decisions about their own lives and behaviors, the...

Do social work students assess and address economic barriers to clients implementing agreed tasks?
September 22, 2006... SOCIAL WORK HAS HISTORICALLY defined itself as a profession that understands and addresses the role of environmental influences such as poverty on individual and group well being (Brieland, 1995). Beginning with Bartlett's (1958) working...

Secondary analysis in social work research education: past, present, and future promise.
September 22, 2006... RESEARCH TRAINING for social work practitioners and scholars has made noteworthy progress over the years, including the emergence of a variety of social work-specific textbooks covering general research methodology (e.g., Grinnell, 2001;...

Pregnant field students' guilt.
September 22, 2006... THERAPISTS' PREGNANCY COMPRISES an emotionally difficult experience not only for clients, but for therapists as well. The initial reactions of clients to the discovery of therapist pregnancy often echo fears of separation and loss of the...

Beyond competencies: field instructors' descriptions of student performance.
September 22, 2006... PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL programs are entrusted by society to ensure that graduating students have mastered the knowledge and skills necessary for ethical and effective practice. In meeting this obligation, programs identify the components of...

Considerations on the scholarship of engagement as an area of specialization for faculty.
September 22, 2006... AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHE) across the United States, faculty have increasing opportunities to define their research and teaching activities as components of the evolving "scholarship of engagement" field, a term coined by Ernest...

Evaluation of the first Web-based advanced standing MSW program.
September 22, 2006... AS TECHNOLOGY HAS DEVELOPED over the years, so too, has distance education, enabling scores of students to obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees who may have otherwise had no opportunity to do so. The population of students being served via...

Social worker perceptions of the portrayal of the profession in the news and entertainment media: an exploratory study.(Statistical data)
September 22, 2006... IN RECENT YEARS, social workers have been featured on prime time television shows such as Judging Amy and Norm that display the extremes of the mass media portrait of social workers. The ABC sitcom, Norm (now in reruns), featuring a "social...

Spirituality, religion, and the interrelationship: a nationally representative study.
September 22, 2006... THE DEFINITIONS THAT helping professionals ascribe to constructs such as spirituality and religion have important ramifications. How constructs are conceptualized shapes decisions in clinical practice and research settings (Kuhn, 1970). Indeed,...

A large-scale, asynchronous, web-based MSW comprehensive exam administration: outcomes and lessons learned.(Master of Social Work )
September 22, 2006... ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATE students prior to the completion of professional education creates academic challenges in the realms of examination purpose and curriculum content, faculty involvement, and testing modes and methods. The Graduate School...

A conceptual application of attachment theory and research to the social work student-field instructor supervisory relationship.(FIELD NOTES)
September 22, 2006... EMPIRICAL FINDINGS about field work supervision suggest that a supportive relationship within a noncritical context is integral to effective supervision (Fortune & Abramson, 1993; Kadushin, 1992b). Attachment theory and research provide a...