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Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement
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Hopkins, Karen; Meyer, Megan; Afkinich, Jenny – Journal of Social Work Education, 2022
Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to "expand the bench" of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Social Work, Counselor Training, Graduate Students
Evaluation Capacity Building: Can a Classroom-Based Course Make a Difference?
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Kaye-Tzadok, Avital; Spiro, Shimon E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: Growing emphasis on program and practice evaluation in social work education coalesces with a growing interest in evaluation capacity building (ECB) within the interdisciplinary field of evaluation. However, the literature on ECB, while recognizing the importance of imparting knowledge and skills to individuals, largely ignores the…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Classroom Environment, Social Work, Program Evaluation
Creating a Culture of Student Philanthropy to Address Financial Challenges in Universities
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Pottick, Kathleen J.; Giordano, Stephanie; Chirico, Danielle E. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Concerns about the cost of higher education and student loan debt have resulted in increasing efforts by policymakers and university administrators to find alternative ways to support the financing of higher education for students. The authors present a case study of a student-led philanthropy campaign to generate funding for social work student…
Descriptors: Universities, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support, Higher Education
The Medium Is the Message: Development of a Praxis-Based Comprehensive Project Model in an Advanced Generalist MSW Program
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Jones, Jill B.; Pierce, Dean – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
We describe in this paper the evolving development and evaluation of a praxis-based comprehensive project model in an advanced generalist MSW program. We explain how this model provides students an effective and meaningful way to incorporate social work generalist principles into professional practice, develop expertise about specific clients and…
Descriptors: Social Work, Masters Programs, Program Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Spotlight on Research at Center Stage: Using Poster Sessions to Showcase Student Research
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Ello, Linda M. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
This paper discusses the use of poster sessions to showcase and celebrate student research efforts. Poster presentations provide an opportunity for students to display and discuss research completed during the course of their graduate social work education. The author provides a descriptive analysis of data compiled during four years of teaching…
Descriptors: Social Work, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Student Research
Making Statistics "Real" for Social Work Students
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Wells, Melissa – Journal of Social Work Education, 2006
This article presents results from an evaluation of service learning in statistics courses for master of social work students. The article provides an overview of the application of a community-based statistics project, describes student feedback regarding the project, and illustrates some strengths and limitations of using this pedagogy with…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Feedback (Response), Statistics, Social Work