When field isn’t field anymore: Innovating the undergraduate social work field experience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Crocetto, Johanna

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“…In this respect, we mention that studies highlight the worries of students regarding their future professional careers [25]. Lack of involvement in practicum and volunteer activities specific and necessary to access the labour market [49,50] influenced the students' perspectives concerning their academic path [51,52] and graduation [53,54].…”

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Social Work Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Challenges and Future Developments to Enhance Students’ Wellbeing

2023

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As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, educational systems were forced to adapt to the new reality of online learning, causing practical academic specializations, such as social work (SW), to be severely affected. To highlight the perspectives of SW students during the pandemic, we used a mixed sociological approach that combined exploratory qualitative research (using the focus-group technique) with cross-sectional quantitative research. Participants who had both on-site and online SW studies before and after the COVID-19 outbreak were included in the study. The study was conducted during a period when almost all educational activities were held online. We aimed to investigate students’ perceptions of the educational process during the pandemic, how their wellbeing was affected, and their perspectives on educational and professional development. Students identified advantages of online learning, such as discovering online learning tools, and disadvantages, mainly marked by concerns about their career path once practical activities were heavily limited by institutional measures and policies. Our conclusions suggest that in a post-pandemic context, universities should provide continuous feedback, integrate students’ opinions into policies, offer material and technical support, facilitate access to high-quality resources, enrich the SW curricula with resilience programs, and organize peer-to-peer mentoring activities.

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Social Work Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Challenges and Future Developments to Enhance Students’ Wellbeing

2023

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“…Restricted access to university campuses (Driessen et al, 2020;Apostol & Netedu, 2020), lack of involvement in the practicum and volunteering activities specific and necessary to access the labour market (Rădoi et al, 2021) -all accentuated students' worries concerning the academic path (Crocetto, 2021;Apostol et al, 2021), and the completion of studies (Cohen et al, 2020;Apostol et al, 2022).…”

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Pandemic Emotional Impact on Academic and Professional Worries while Controlling for Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Social Support

Radoi,

Apostol,

Irimescu

et al. 2024

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In this article, we test the associations between the Covid-19 pandemic’s emotional impact and academic and professional worries among social work students when controlling for life satisfaction as a part of subjective well-being and perceived social support. Therefore, we aim to test the controlling variables’ role as mediators in explaining how academic and professional worries can be reduced. The survey was conducted in Romania in 2021 on a sample of 329 students attending full-time courses in the field of social work, both bachelor’s studies and master. The study was cross-sectional but considered a causal orientation for the variables (i.e., past pandemic emotional impact – present social support and satisfaction with life – future academic and professional worries). The findings showed that although life satisfaction does not significantly determine academic and professional worries, perceived social support has a significant direct effect. Indirect effects indicate a decrease in academic and professional worry when controlling for perceived social support alone and while controlling for both perceived social support and satisfaction with life. Additionally, our findings show that students who were less emotionally impacted by the pandemic effects had no worries about their capacity to continue or complete their studies or their employment perspectives.

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Field Note—The Practicum Learning Portal: Building Resilience in Social Work Field Education During and Post-COVID-19

Morris¹,

Everett

2022

Journal of Social Work Education

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When field isn’t field anymore: Innovating the undergraduate social work field experience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Social Work Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Challenges and Future Developments to Enhance Students’ Wellbeing

Social Work Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Challenges and Future Developments to Enhance Students’ Wellbeing

Pandemic Emotional Impact on Academic and Professional Worries while Controlling for Satisfaction with Life and Perceived Social Support

Field Note—The Practicum Learning Portal: Building Resilience in Social Work Field Education During and Post-COVID-19

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