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Philip Breitenbucher – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Problem Statement: As social work education programs have expanded, there is a desire to understand how cloud-based technology can better support field education administrators with the student placement process and potentially reduce workload. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence the frequency of technology…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Computer Software, Social Work, Masters Programs
Samuel W. Gioia – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Social work education is an academic discipline that prepares students to support individual, family, and community wellbeing, and to advance policies for social equity. Despite the increasing use of online education for social work, many social work faculty believe that online Master of Social Work (MSW) programs do not adequately prepare…
Descriptors: Social Work, Job Skills, Skill Development, Online Courses
Fletcher, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Field education is the signature pedagogy of a social work education. Successful field placements rely on the willingness of social workers in the field, referred to as field instructors, to provide education and guidance to social work students with little to no compensation for this service. This paper reports the results of a survey of 648…
Descriptors: Social Work, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees, Field Experience Programs
Powell, Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Burnout is a common problem in practicing social workers. This study investigated the effect of burnout, role ambiguity and coping strategies among graduate social work students in field placement. This was accomplished through the usage of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), the Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Social Work, Masters Programs, Burnout
Ford, Amber Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Adjunct faculty now represent a numerical majority in most U.S. colleges and universities. This dynamic is also present within many Schools of Social Work. Research gaps remain regarding the worklife experiences of adjunct faculty and their risk for burnout. Specific to social work, little is known about the specific role of adjunct field faculty,…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Educators, Measures (Individuals), Burnout
Tyler, Janet – ProQuest LLC, 2012
According to R. Wayne ("Legal Guidelines for Dismissing Students Because of Poor Performance in the Field," 2004), there is a widely accepted assumption in social work education that field placement provides the best opportunity to evaluate students' goodness-of-fit with the profession and is therefore used to weed out unsuitable…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Field Experience Programs, Student Placement