scholarly journals ‘Teaching Hope’

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Jessica Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Student Group ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Reflective Capacity ◽  
Potential Benefits

This article provides a brief analysis and evaluation of a one-off cross-placement student group based around the theme ‘advocacy’, and presents the views of both the facilitator and the students who took part. It asks the questions: ‘Are cross-setting student groups useful in terms of development of reflective capacity in social work students?’ ‘Do themes from advocacy provide a good starting place for the discussion of social work values?’ and ‘Can advocacy principles be applied across social work settings, and what are the potential benefits and obstacles?’. Some conclusions and recommendations are offered.

scholarly journals What do social work students think social work research is?

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Anita Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Social Work Values

In New Zealand, social work students often undertake social work research training as part of their first qualification in social work. The focus of this article is to consider what social work students think social work research is and whether they think social work research should be part of normal, everyday practice or not. Forty-three social work students from Otago University participated in a small research project during 2009 aimed at exploring their constructions of social work research. They emphasised that social work research should be compatible with social work values like empowerment and social justice, and bring about positive change of benefit of service users. 

Social Work Students’ Experiences of Ethical Difficulties in Field Placements: A Qualitative Study in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wu ◽  
Yunong Huang ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Yu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Field Staff ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
In The Beginning

Abstract Field placements provide social work students with opportunities to learn to handle ethical difficulties in a professional manner. In many developed countries, field staff are generally employed to supervise social work students’ field placements. ‘Code of Ethics’ and other ethics documents have also been developed to guide students’ professional activities. However, there is a lack of field staff, ‘Code of Ethics’ and other ethics documents in China, which may lead to ethical difficulties amongst students during their field placements. Based on the interviews of twenty-four social work students who completed field placements in 2016 at a university in China, this research revealed that students encountered many ethical difficulties in field placements. They tried to handle the difficulties in the beginning, but gradually adapted to the difficulties passively due to the lack of support. Most students also reported that they adhered to social work values and ethics in field placements and learned from field placements. The findings suggested that social work profession associations, Departments or Schools of Social Work, social work agencies and social work academia in China need to collaborate to create a more professional and supportive environment for students’ field placements.

Eaching Human Sexuality and Social Work Values

1982 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy D. Johnson ◽  
David A. Shore
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Social Work Values

The Practice Pyramid: A model for integrating social work values, theory and practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Jean Gordon ◽  
Gillian Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Extensive Evaluation

The Practice Pyramid is a learning tool that supports social work students’ ability to integrate their understanding of personal and professional values, theory and practice during field placements. Although it has been used by practice educators in Scotland for over 20 years, it is not well known elsewhere and has yet to be evaluated. This paper, written by a practice educator and a student social worker, describes the Practice Pyramid and provides a case example to illustrate how it contributed to one student’s learning during a practice placement. Four factors that appear to contribute to its success are proposed: its model of pedagogy, the visual and accessible nature of the tool, flexibility and the support it gives to collaborative learning processes. It is suggested that the Practice Pyramid may usefully support learning in a range of social work and non social work contexts, and would benefit from more extensive evaluation of its role in supporting practice - theory integration.Keywords: Practice Pyamid; social work students; field placements; Scotland; collaborative learning

Book Review: Social Work Values: An Enquiry

1985 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 318-320
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Values ◽  
Social Work Values
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