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Macke, Caroline; Tapp, Karen – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2012
Social work students often have been labeled as research-reluctant. Consequently, it is important to identify effective teaching strategies. One innovative strategy is team-based learning. The effectiveness of team-based learning has not yet been evaluated with a social work research class. As a result, the current study compared the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Social Work, Teaching Methods
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Kvarfordt, Connie L.; Carter, Irene; Park, Wansoo; Yun, Sung Hyun – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
Teaching research to social work students continues to be the topic of an ongoing dialog within the profession. The literature suggests that some form of a "real-world" or "hands-on" learning opportunity has many benefits for teaching a subject that students often are reluctant to engage in. Using online survey methods,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Integrated Activities, Social Work, Research Skills
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Morgenshtern, Marina; Freymond, Nancy; Agyapong, Samuel; Greeson, Clare – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2011
This study examines the attitudes of graduate social work students toward research in the contexts of academic study, professional social work practice, and students' personal lives. The authors collected quantitative and qualitative data from MSW students (n = 102) at a major Canadian school of social work. Findings suggest that MSW students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Processes, Social Work, Teaching Methods
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Shannon, Patrick; Kim, Wooksoo; Robinson, Adjoa – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2012
In an effort to teach students the basic knowledge of research methods and the realities of conducting research in the context of agencies in the community, faculty developed and implemented a service learning model for teaching research and program evaluation to foundation-year MSW students. A year-long foundation course was designed in which one…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Service Learning
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Yankeelov, Pamela A.; Sar, Bibhuti K.; Antle, Becky F. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
Schools of social work have begun to explore teaching evidence-based practice (EBP) across their curriculum. Although the current literature offers ideas on how to incorporate EBP in foundation research and practice courses, the literature seems nonexistent on how to teach EBP in an advanced research sequence, which could clearly address the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research, Counseling Techniques
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Finn, Jerry; Dillon, Caroline – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2007
This paper describes methods for teaching content analysis as part of the Research sequence in social work education. Teaching content analysis is used to develop research skills as well as to promote students' knowledge and critical thinking and about new information technology resources that are being increasingly used by the general public. The…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teaching Methods, Research Methodology, Methods Courses
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O'Connor, Deborah L.; O'Neill, Brian J. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2004
Social work is committed to promoting social justice, inclusion and the empowerment of people. Qualitative research methods offer exciting possibilities for operationalizing this commitment. Drawing predominantly on constructivist and/or critical paradigms for understanding, qualitative research fosters a rebalancing of power within the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Qualitative Research
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Macgowan, Mark J.; Beaulaurier, Richard L. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2005
Courses on social group work have traditionally relied on in-class role plays to teach group work skills. The most common technological aid in such courses has been analog videotape. In recent years new technologies have emerged that allow the instructor to customize and tailor didactic experiences to individual classes and individual learners.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Data Analysis, Job Skills