scholarly journals Using Portfolios: Integrating Learning and Promoting for Social Work Students

10.18060/59 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Schatz
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Graduate Social Work

Portfolios are a valuable educational tool to aid in the integrative experience for graduate social work students. Forty-one graduate students were asked to evaluate their portfolio experience. A Pearson correlation shows that graduate students find the experience of developing a portfolio to be reflective of their second year MSW program (r=.511; p

scholarly journals A Study of the Information Literacy Needs of Social Work Graduate Students at a mid-sized Canadian university

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jelena Magliaro ◽  
Sharon Munro
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Social Work Programs ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Graduate Social Work

This study consists of an analysis of the information literacy (IL) needs and levels of 44 social work graduate students at a mid-sized Canadian university using the Technology Acceptance Model.  Students completed a quantitative questionnaire that included supplementary open-ended questions.  Results showed that students who received a library tour and/or in-class library instruction were more knowledgeable and confident about library resources and services. The study clearly demonstrates that information literacy sessions should be essential components of graduate education. A comprehensive literature review of information literacy studies focusing on social work students is also provided, along with the current graduate social work modified Beile Test of Information Literacy for Education (B-TILED) assessment tool (Beile O’Neil, 2005).  The authors recommend that information literacy surveys in Canada include the relevant required elements for the Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP) and program learning outcomes.  Given the lack of a Canadian national document for information literacy standards, such surveys should also reflect the components of ACRL’s new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.  This study can serve as a model for replication at other universities, particularly those that are part of the Ontario Council of University Libraries and that have graduate social work programs. 

Secondary Traumatization Among Social Work Students—The Contribution of Personal, Professional, and Environmental Factors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Ben-Porat ◽  
Shahar Shemesh ◽  
Ronit Reuven Even Zahav ◽  
Shelly Gottlieb ◽  
Tehila Refaeli
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Self Differentiation

Abstract This study examined the rate of secondary traumatic stress (STS) among social work students and the contribution of background variables, personal resources (mastery and self-differentiation) and environmental resources (supervision satisfaction and peer support) to STS. The sample consisted of 259 social work students at three social work schools in Israel. The findings indicated that the mean level of STS was mild. Of the students, 36 per cent suffered STS to a mild extent, 19 per cent to a moderate extent and 18 per cent reported a ‘high to extreme extent’. A significant contribution was made by the student’s year of study, students in their second year of social work school suffered more severely from STS than did students in their first or third years. A positive contribution was made by the student’s level of exposure and a unique contribution was made by mastery and supervision satisfaction to the explained variance of STS. The findings highlight the importance of raising awareness of STS and its implications for social work students, as well as the necessity of helping students cope with this phenomenon. In addition, the study emphasises the significant role of supervisors in the training agencies and the importance of increasing students’ sense of mastery.

Overcoming Barriers in Intimate Partner Violence Education and Training of Graduate Social Work Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela D. Connor ◽  
Simonne S. Nouer ◽  
SeeTrail N. Mackey ◽  
Megan S. Banet ◽  
Nathan G. Tipton
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
And Training ◽  
Graduate Social Work

Review of websites of particular use to social work students and social workers

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-7
Author(s):  
Kellian Clink
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Web

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a rationale for seeking out and making federal, state and non-governmental Web sites available to social work students and social workers and describe a number of valuable resources, primarily from the non-governmental agencies, as they can be more difficult to identify. Design/methodology/approach – Resources included here include those that illuminate policy issues in general followed by those dealing with specific populations or issues. They have been identified both by systematic study and the serendipity that results from 27 years of experience seeking resources for undergraduate and graduate students in social work. Findings – These Web sites provide timely and authoritative information of particular interest to social work students or practitioners: first, Web sites that help illuminate policy and practices related to supporting low income people; and then, Web sites focusing on specific (geographically or topically) information needs. Research limitations/implications – The author is most familiar with sources that have been useful to undergraduate social work students and graduate students in a program that focuses on rural social work. Practical implications – The information in the Web sites described is timely and authoritative and should be part of the resources that are made known to students, faculty and practitioners in this discipline to inform their work. Social implications – Not every library can afford to subscribe to the valuable research presented in social work journals. Nor can they afford to purchase every book that might be valuable to social workers. They can, however, be knowledgeable about Web sites that present good, data-rich information as well as models of successful programming and services. In addition, it seems valuable for social workers in one state to build on the ideas that other practitioners are utilizing in another state. These Web sites often provide that kind of cross-pollination. Originality/value – While the organizations that create these Web sites have been around for decades, the literature in library science focuses primarily on collection development activities around books, electronic books and journals, while the Web sites which are free, authoritative and timely get a lot less attention.

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