scholarly journals The emotional labour of academia in the time of a pandemic: A feminist reflection

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 639-644
Author(s):  
Michelle Newcomb
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Personal Essay ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Emotional Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Business Needs ◽  
Support Students

During the COVID19 pandemic, emotional labor has become an indispensable resource in social work, providing comfort, strength, and focus for many. Within the social work academy, emotional labor has been required to support students, especially as education has moved quickly into online and remote teaching modes. For the majority female social work educators, the pandemic has also led to a rise in caring responsibilities, especially for children. This personal essay explores the experience of a female, early career social work academic in negotiating the use of emotional labor simultaneously in paid and unpaid roles during the pandemic. This exploration is contextualised within the neoliberal university and its expectation of how emotional labor should be used to meet student and business needs. The essay questions the individualized practice and responsibility of emotional labor and questions alternative ways to meet the emotional needs of individuals, families, and universities during the COVID19 pandemic.

Selective BSW Admission: Experiences and Expectations of Students and Alumni

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-143
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Street
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Work Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Stage ◽  
Social Work Program ◽  
Support Students

Admission to a BSW program is a significant stage of professional development for social work students. Thus, the purpose of this study is to learn how social work students experienced selective admission in an undergraduate program and the roles of faculty to support students during the admission process. I conducted focus groups and interviews with 24 students and alumni for a stakeholder analysis of admission to a baccalaureate social work program. Students described three types of personal responses to BSW admission: (a) stress and anxiety, (b) deepened commitment to the social work profession, and (c) a strong sense of accomplishment. In addition, students' expectations of faculty during the admission process were (a) advising students, (b) mentoring students, (c) connecting students to the social work program, and (d) gatekeeping for the profession. Findings may guide social work educators as they carry out admission practices and incorporate strategies to meet students' needs.

scholarly journals Attachment Theory and the Social Work Curriculum

10.18060/130 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
Timothy Page ◽  
Rhonda Norwood
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Attachment Behavior ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Attachment Research

Attachment theory, as developed by Bowlby and Ainsworth, represented a major departure from the current theories of human development of the time, particularly in its rejection of the major tenets of psychoanalytic theory and its integration of core ideas from evolution theory and cybernetics (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991). Attachment theory posits that a foundational human instinct, the desire to achieve safety and protection through proximity to a protective figure, is responsible for the formation of a special class of life-long affectional bonds, referred to as “attachments.” Emotional security is derived to a great extent, according to the theory, from experience with caregivers who are consistently responsive to the developing infant’s expression of attachment behavior toward them. Forty years of empirical research has shown that attachment is a universal characteristic that predicts children’s development of cognitive and social competence, emotional regulation, and positive self-image (Weinfield, Sroufe, Egeland, & Carlson, 1999). Social work educators are currently challenged to better integrate the findings of attachment research into their curricula to reflect more the current state of developmental science.

Implementing Mastery Learning in the Social Work Classroom

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.

scholarly journals Achieving HBSE Competencies through Service-learning

10.18060/1174 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Twill ◽  
Kathy Elpers ◽  
Kathy Lay
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Pedagogical Strategy ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Service Learning Pedagogy

Service-learning pedagogy allows social work educators to create meaningful learning opportunities for students and better prepare them for practicum, while at the same time, meeting a community need. This paper outlines the relevance of incorporating service-learning into the social work curriculum, specifically the human behavior and the social environment (HBSE) area. Using Bloom’s taxonomy as a guide, the authors propose how the CSWE competencies and practice behaviors specific to HBSE may be assessed using service-learning pedagogy. An example is reviewed to illustrate how service-learning can assist faculty and students achieve the HBSE competencies and practice behaviors. Finally, implications for service-learning as a pedagogical strategy for social work education are discussed.

scholarly journals Reassembling the Social Environment: A Network Approack to Human Behavior

10.18060/142 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhrubodhi Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theory Base

This paper critically examines the influence of the structural elements of human behavior that are often neglected in social work literature (Robbins et al., 1998). It incorporates a new multi-theoretical framework that critically examines the significance of a network approach in analyzing social, ideological, and economic structures and their influence on individual actors. This paper discusses two interrelated theories: social network theory and social capital theory, and critiques their relevance in explaining human behavior for social work educators and professionals in an increasingly information-driven and electronically-interconnected global society. The author hopes that an expanded theory base will provide a holistic view of individual problems stemming out of inequitable social structure.

American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Gehlert ◽  
Rowena Fong ◽  
Gail Steketee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Grant Application ◽  
Early Career Faculty ◽  
The Social ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Source Of Information

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) is a scholarly and professional society of distinguished of social work and social welfare scholars and practitioners that was conceived in 2009 to establish excellence in social work and social welfare research and practice. The first 10 Fellows were inducted in 2010 and a total of 172 Fellows have been inducted since that year. Nominations are solicited from current Fellows, processed through a Nominations and Elections Committee process, and voted on by the membership. Through committee structure and an expanding, and now independent, practical initiative called the Grand Challenges for Social Work that was the Academy’s first initiative, the Academy serves to advance social welfare through advocacy and policy and to encourage scholarship, along with expanding the reach of the Academy Fellows’ expertise into critical government and public forums. The AASWSW s in its second-year of administering a mentoring program to provide expertise and resources for early career faculty through Fellows who volunteer as mentors for specific projects like a grant application or research manuscript. Future Academy endeavors include awards for innovation and impact in research or practice, sponsoring policy briefs, often in conjunction with other academies, and serving as a relevant source of information for the social work profession.

PLEASE be with me: benefits of a peer-led supervision group for early career social work educators

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Katharine Wenocur ◽  
Amy Preston Page ◽  
Donna Wampole ◽  
Brie Radis ◽  
Melanie Masin-Moyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Supervision Group

Building a Safe Learning Environment by Remembering to Smile

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-300
Author(s):  
Julie Nikiforos Adkins
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social And Emotional Learning ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Early Career Teachers ◽  
Classroom Strategies ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Safe Learning Environment

This chapter provides the theoretical underpinnings that support the importance of a smile, social and emotional learning and its components, the benefits of integrating social and emotional learning skills within instruction, and specific classroom strategies. Early career teachers will have a solid understanding of each of the five components of social and emotional learning and how they can be effectively implemented into the classroom to develop the social and emotional needs of students required for learning to take place.

Issues in Gatekeeping

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda S. Moore ◽  
Tracy J. Dietz ◽  
David A. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Undergraduate Program ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
The Social

This paper discusses specific gatekeeping issues facing social work educators, both university- and agency-based, and uses case analysis to explain how one undergraduate program handled these issues. The cases highlight procedures used in the gatekeeping process and reflect the difficulty of gatekeeping including many problems that can arise in any educational setting. Focusing on case examples may help educators develop and further refine approaches and strategies for gatekeeping in order to guard the gate to the social work profession.

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