Social Work in Academia

Wheeler, Barbara R.; Gibbons, W. Eugene

doi:10.1080/10437797.1992.10778783

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“…In the context of social work education in particular, the key question lingers on whether and how social work as an academic discipline relates to the social work profession (Wheeler and Gibbons 1992;Green 2006). Scholars have found that social work risks having a subordinate academic status and an associated poor professional credibility, and therefore needs to be fully incorporated in university curricula to support processes of professionalization (Nash, 2003;Green, 2006).…”

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Intra-national Similarities and Differences in Social Work and Their Significance for Developing European Dimensions of Research and Education

Roets

Hermans

Wagener

et al. 2020

European Social Work After 1989

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Section: Exchange On the Disciplinary Identity Of Social Work And Imp...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Intra-national Similarities and Differences in Social Work and Their Significance for Developing European Dimensions of Research and Education

Roets

Hermans

Wagener

et al. 2020

European Social Work After 1989

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Field Education for Clinical Social Work Practice: Best Practices and Contemporary Challenges

Bogo

2015

Clin Soc Work J

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On the Importance of Direct Practice Experience Among Clinical Social Work Faculty: A Recent Graduate’s Perspective

Golia

2015

Clin Soc Work J

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Clinical social work is a mature specialty within the profession of social work, with its own distinct knowledge base, array of theories, and approaches to practice. Schools of social work are tasked with educating clinical social workers to practice competently, effectively, and ethically. One vital pedagogic tool that faculty members employ is drawing from their own direct practice experience, in order to provide guidance and context to students' questions related to practice. This application of direct practice experience is fundamental to the development of novice clinical social work practitioners. Recent trends in social work education have led to a decline in the number of full-time professors at schools of social work who possess direct practice experience. At the same time, the number of faculty engaged in externally funded research, with limited direct practice experience, is increasing. In this paper, the author critically explores this changing paradigm from the perspective of a recent Masters-level social work graduate currently engaged in direct social work practice, and argues that faculty with extensive practice experience are an invaluable and necessary resource towards the formation of competent, effective, and ethical clinical social work practitioners.

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Social Work in Academia

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Intra-national Similarities and Differences in Social Work and Their Significance for Developing European Dimensions of Research and Education

Intra-national Similarities and Differences in Social Work and Their Significance for Developing European Dimensions of Research and Education

Field Education for Clinical Social Work Practice: Best Practices and Contemporary Challenges

On the Importance of Direct Practice Experience Among Clinical Social Work Faculty: A Recent Graduate’s Perspective

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