Social Work Education, Research and Practice: Challenges and Looking Forward

This article reports on the development of tools to measure rights-based social work practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Previously validated scales - Human Rights Exposure in Social Work (1 scale), Human Rights Lens in Social Work (2 scales), and Human Rights Methods in Social Work (8 scales) - were translated and adapted for the Bosnian context. To complete the validation, social work students (N=296) were surveyed, and the resulting data were analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The results yield 11 valid scales for measuring human rights constructs and promoting human rights goals in social work education, research, and practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Implementing Mastery Learning in the Social Work Classroom

Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work ◽

10.18084/1084-7219.6.1.123 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 123-140

Author(s):

Christopher B. Aviles

Keyword(s):

Education Research ◽

Social Work ◽

Teaching Methods ◽

Social Work Education ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Mastery Learning ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Social Work Educators ◽

The Social ◽

Work Education

This article describes how the essential elements of the teaching method called mastery learning can be structured in the social work classroom. Mastery learning is a behavioral teaching method successfully used in social work education. Research studies on teaching rarely describe teaching methods in enough detail for instructors to discern how the teaching methods were implemented or how they may have been implemented differently. This can give social work educators a limited picture of what a teaching method could look like in their classrooms. The essential elements of mastery learning can be implemented in whole or part and can be structured in either simple or complex ways. Ways in which social work educators can implement mastery learning to better fit their classrooms are presented in this article.

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Transforming Settlement Work

Critical Social Work ◽

10.22329/csw.v12i1.5842 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Clarke ◽

Eileen Wan

Keyword(s):

Education Research ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Work Education ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

Research Policy ◽

Current Approach ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Settlement Services ◽

Work Education

Today, the concept of anti-oppression is prevalent in social work education, research, policy, and practice. However, it is a relatively new concept in the settlement sector, and little is known about its application in settlement work. In this article, two social workers provide their critical analysis and reflections of anti-oppression work with newcomer youth in schools. Drawing on the literature and their experiences, the authors contend that the current approach to settlement work with newcomer youth is rooted in colonialism and racism, and they propose an anti-oppression approach as a new way for settlement workers to work with newcomer youth. KEYWORDS: newcomer youth, school settlement workers, anti-oppression, settlement services, anti-oppressive practice

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