Journal of Social Work Education articles from September 2008

Journal of Social Work Education archives from September 2008

Toward improvement of scholarly publications: the Journal of Social Work Education advances.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
September 22, 2008... I AGREED TO BECOME EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of this journal a little over a year and a half ago following the urgings of some of my colleagues. Specifically, Dr. Deborah Valentine, former editor-in-chief, nominated me, and Dr. Kay Hoffman, who was...

Substance abuse training and perceived knowledge: predictors of perceived preparedness to work in substance abuse.(Survey)
September 22, 2008... SUBSTANCE ABUSE is a widespread problem in American society. In 2003 approximately 9% of the total U.S. population age 12 or older was classified with substance dependence or abuse (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,...

Using simulated sessions to enhance clinical social work education.(Report)
September 22, 2008... THE USE OF SIMULATED THERAPY sessions represents an attempt to enhance the clinical education of graduate social work students. Related methods like peer role-plays and standardized client interviews have been used effectively with direct...

The use of ePortfolios in evaluating the curriculum and student learning.(Report)
September 22, 2008... STUDENT PORTFOLIOS (Campbell, 2004; Costantino & De Lorenzo, 2002; Lyons, 1998) have begun to receive increasing attention, not only in the higher education literature, but also within the social work profession (Cournoyer & Stanley 2002)....

Agency-university partnership for evidence-based practice in social work.(Report)
September 22, 2008... EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE (EBP) as a professional model is a frequently discussed and debated topic in social work education. Beyond studies based on descriptions of researcher, practitioner, and educator opinions of EBP, relatively little is...

An investigation of the relations between student knowledge, personal contact, and attitudes toward individuals with schizophrenia.(Report)
September 22, 2008... SOCIAL WORKERS are the primary providers of psychosocial treatment to individuals with schizophrenia (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2001), a complex and disabling mental disorder that poses unique treatment...

School selection preferences of public and private university MSW students: a retrospective study.(Master of Social Work)(Report)
September 22, 2008... A convenience sample of MSW students responded to an Internet-based survey (N=2,289) retrospectively reporting their reasons for enrolling in a specific social work graduate program. Reponses indicate that MSW students who enroll in private...

Interdisciplinarity in doctoral social work education: does it make a difference?(Report)
September 22, 2008... IN 1959, BRITISH SCIENTIST and novelist C.P. Snow argued that society's educational systems and intellectual life were characterized by what seemed an incommensurable split between its two dominant forms of intellectual inquiry--the arts and...

Micro- or macro-orientation? Israeli students' career interests in an antisocial era.(Report)
September 22, 2008... CONSIDERING THE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS of the changing political and economic climate in Israel during the 2000s for both the social work profession and the people it serves, one might expect that the choice of social work as a career would be...

Teaching policy analysis as research: consideration and extension of options.(Report)
September 22, 2008... We cannot forget that the foremost requirement of analysis is a capacity for wonder. Wonder overcomes the policymaker's hubris and the academic's myopia. It needs to be a ceaseless wondering in the hope of perhaps,...

Books received.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2008... Cultural Competence Pedersen, P. B., Draguns, J. G., Lonner, W. J., & Trimble, J. E. (Eds.). (2008). Counseling Across Cultures, 6th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. $64.95 (paper). The sixth edition of Counseling Across...