Open and Distance Learning in Qualifying Social Work Education in Britain and the USA: Celebrating Diversity and Difference?

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart Collins
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
Work Education

scholarly journals Perception towards quality and effectiveness of social work education through open and distance learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnu Mohan Dash
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
Work Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the perception of the students towards the quality and effectiveness of social work education offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) through open and distance learning (ODL). Design/methodology/approach The sample size consisted of 150 students, 15 academic counsellors engaged in either teaching or development sectors, or faculty members of School of Social Work of IGNOU. The methods of data collection included interviews and content analysis. Interview schedule for students, interview guide for academic counsellors and interview guide for faculty members were used. Findings The study centres were allotted as per student’s choice. Students were satisfied with the counsellors because of their support, availability, contact, accessibility and assisting the students to clearing their doubts. The study found that the student’s attendance in counselling sessions was found to be negligible, even a large number of respondents were not aware of the ODL system. The study also shows that students face lots of problem with regard to their field work supervision and other components of field work as were also neglected. Practical implications The findings of the study are extremely relevant for formulating necessary guidelines for improving the social work education through ODL mode. The study recommends revision of course materials translated in Hindi language, holding of individual and group conferences regularly as well as proper evaluation of field work reports. Originality/value This is first such study conducted in India to examine the effectiveness of social work education through ODL.

Lynne Healy, 2014

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurid Aga Askeland ◽  
Malcolm Payne
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Work ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Work Education ◽  
International Social

This chapter contains a brief biography and transcript of an interview with Lynne Healy, a leader in American social work education, who was awarded the Katherine Kendall Award of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in 2014, for her contribution to international social work education. Her writings and teaching on international social work, emphasising human rights, are significant. Experience included child welfare, work for the social work professional association and the Council on Social Work Education. Later international work includes work with the United Nations with policy advocacy and the Global social development Agenda. Professional licensing requirements for social workers in the USA emphasise mental health clinical practice, with poor support for wider concerns such as international work in the USA. Academization, with a declining emphasis on professional teaching and activities in academic social work is also unfortunate. Much of her work on human rights focuses particularly on gender issues. In the future, she would like to see social work retrieve a balance between preparing social workers, knowledge development and professional and community activity.

Interdisciplinary collaboration in social work education in the USA, Israel and Canada: Deans’ and directors’ perspectives

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Bronstein ◽  
Terry Mizrahi ◽  
Yossi Korazim-Kőrösy ◽  
Debra McPhee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Community Level ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Work Programs ◽  
Social Work Programs ◽  
Work Education ◽  
The University

This article utilized survey research to examine where interdisciplinary collaboration is occurring and being taught in social work programs in three countries. Findings indicate that social work programs participate in high levels of interdisciplinary collaboration at the university—community level and the interdepartmental level and teach it through an array of courses.

Distance Learning in Social Work Education

1998 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elbert Siegel ◽  
Joanne G. Jennings ◽  
Jack Conklin ◽  
Shelly A. Napoletano Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Work Education

Herman D. Stein, 1994

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurid Aga Askeland ◽  
Malcolm Payne
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
International Association ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Schools Of Social Work

This chapter contains a biography of Herman D. Stein, a leader in American social work education, who was awarded the Katherine Kendall Award of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in 1994, for his contribution to international social work education. He fulfilled senior academic roles in Columbia and Case Western Reserve Universities in the USA, and worked with displaced persons and victims of the Holocaust in Europe after World War II, and in social development work with UNICEF in Africa (particularly Tanzania). He was involved in major developments in the social work curriculum and on programmes to meet minority concerns in the US, incorporating a strong social justice perspective. He accepted leadership roles in the Council for Social Work Education (US) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work, demonstrating considerable qualities of diplomacy. His publications on behavioural and organizational issues in social work and on social work education were influential.

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