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Moore, Sarah; Donaldson, Linda Plitt – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2022
Grounded in a framework of high-impact educational practices, this article offers a model for incorporating Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPR) into the social work graduate curriculum. The authors review the history of CBPR in social work and social work education and identify challenges and gaps when CBPR has been used in…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, Social Work, Participatory Research
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Naomi Farber – Academic Questions, 2023
Lodging social work education within institutions of higher learning in the early twentieth century led to predictable tensions between academic and professional norms, expectations, and purposes partly because of the conflicts inherent in being an explicitly value-based profession with longstanding aspirations to be scientific. Social work…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Citizenship, Imagination
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Shaw, Jessica – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
Many schools of social work offer courses on program evaluation. However, one component of program evaluation--theories of evaluation--may all too often be left out of the curriculum. This Teaching Note defines and describes evaluation theory and the benefits of including it in a program evaluation curriculum in schools of social work. Specific…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Program Evaluation, Program Content
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Taylor, Jessica Averitt; Lindsey, Megan; Sullivan, Laura; Robbins, Skyla – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2018
Transdisciplinary initiatives offer valuable opportunity for students and faculty members to address community challenges, especially those challenges related to social justice. FUEL NKU is a campus food pantry for students at a metropolitan university, and is uniquely situated to serve the student population while incorporating multifaceted…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Higher Education, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Lu, Jack J.; D'Angelo, Karen A.; Willett, Jennifer – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
PhD social work education programs train students to become effective researchers. Less recognized are the potential opportunities for PhD students to develop in their role as educators and the possible benefits of honing doctoral students' knowledge of research through their role as educators. This study explored these opportunities for social…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Work, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs
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Lee, Eunjung; Kourgiantakis, Toula; Hu, Ran – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
Centering social justice into social work practice is vital to the profession, but both "what" and "how" to accomplish this task are pedagogical challenges in social work education. This teaching note introduces an elective course open to both Master of Social Work and doctoral students to develop holistic competence for…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Barriers, Social Work, Counselor Training
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Drisko, James W.; Evans, Kristin – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2018
This national survey of PhD faculty assessed the research preparation of entering doctoral social work students on a wide range of research knowledge and related skills. The prior literature shows that PhD programs repeat much BSW and MSW research course content. This study shows that the trend continues and has perhaps widened. PhD research…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Social Work, Graduate Students, Student Research
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Bowker, Lynne – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the potential benefits and limitations associated with aligning accreditation and academic program reviews in post-secondary institutions, using a descriptive case study approach. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes two Canadian graduate programs that are subject to both external professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Quality Assurance
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Dash, Bishnu Mohan; Botcha, Rambabu – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The paper traces the historical perspectives of open and distance education in India. It also discusses the various modalities and standards followed by various universities in offering social work education through open and distance learning (ODL) mode. It also highlights the achievements and challenges of social work education through ODL mode…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Bowie, Stan L.; Nashwan, Ayat J. J.; Thomas, Veliska; Davis-Buckley, Renski J.; Johnson, Richard L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Social work programs in the United States (N = 74) were investigated to determine strategies used for recruiting and retaining MSW students of color. Most schools had student populations exceeding 25,000 and combined BSW, MSW, and PhD programs. Data were collected using a Graduate Recruitment and Retention Scale with corresponding and acceptably…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Minority Group Students, Social Work, Student Recruitment
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Saulnier, Christine Flynn – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
For this study of social work degree programs, data were drawn from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) website, the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GASE) website, and the websites of 841 U.S. social work programs, including the 763 programs accredited (or in candidacy for accreditation) by CSWE when these data were…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, College Programs, Accreditation (Institutions)
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DuMars, Tyler; Bolton, Kristin; Maleku, Arati; Smith-Osborne, Alexa – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The demand for social workers with military-related practice and research experience exceeds the current supply. To advance military social work education, we developed an interlevel master's of science in social work (MSSW) field practicum and doctoral research practicum that provides military social work field experiences and contributes to…
Descriptors: Social Work, Masters Programs, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Birore, Charles M. S.; Wu, Liyun – Higher Education Studies, 2017
A declining enrollment in doctoral social work programs not only affects the sustainability of the programs, but also impacts the knowledge-based economy in the long run. The shortage of doctoral-prepared faculty, interwoven with the current national shortage of social workers, will limit effective service delivery, and generation of knowledge…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Management, Social Work
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Auslander, Wendy; Fisher, Colleen; Ollie, Marcia; Yu, ManSoo – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2012
Evidence-based research relevant to social work practice has grown dramatically. This article describes a method that was implemented to teach master's and doctoral social work students how to synthesize and evaluate evidence-based interventions for social work-related problems and populations. The method includes eight steps: conceptualize the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Social Work, Teaching Methods, Intervention
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Glisson, Charles; Fischer, Joel – Journal of Social Work Education, 1987
The value of statistical training for social workers is addressed, along with current levels of training and general educational principles for statistical training. Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral statistical curricula are proposed. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Masters Programs
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