This paper describes an educational experiment with the placement of second year students in field settings in the United Kingdom. (Editor/KE)

Describes an overseas field instruction experiment in social work. (PG)

Students in the nonintegrated research seminar display more positive attitudes toward and gained greater knowledge of the research process when compared to students in the integrated seminar. (Editor/KE)

In the training situation, the inherent inequality of the field instructor and social work student as group cotherapists can be improved. A variety of techniques can improve the feeling of mutuality and provide opportunities for student participation in the team effort. (MSE)

Changes toward a more egalitarian teacher-student relationship are discussed, including elimination of the academic caste system, increased faculty encouragement of student autonomy, reconstruction of fieldwork experiences, increased student involvement in school administration, and individual instruction based on contract. (Editor/PG)

The growth of information and referral services in social work provides opportunities for field practicums for undergraduate students. The function and structure of such agencies are outlined and their compatibility with social work curricula and programs is discussed. (MSE)

Articulates the philosophy, conceptual framework, and operationalization of models of fieldwork education at Adelphi University School of Social Work where some students obtain practicum experience in single agencies but many have a diversified practicum corresponding to learning opportunities in generic social work, multimethod approach, and…

Presents a goal-directed paradigm for supervision of social work students in a field placement within a Veterans Administration Drug Abuse Program. Included is a rational breakdown of five phases in placement: screening, minimum orientation, Goal Work Sheet, body of placement, and evaluation and closure. (Editor/JT)

The basic character of rural areas is reviewed along with the need for systematic intervention and program development to alter the disproportionate amount of social and economic problems existing there. The use of rural settings for student practice is also examined. (Author/LBH)

Proposes a social problems emphasis in gerontology in social work education as related to future manpower needs, enlightened social workers as citizens, and advocacy for the elderly. A proposal for schools is presented with implications for practice, fieldwork settings, research, and classroom instruction. (Editor/JT)

The history of each of these models is traced and their different components analyzed. Examples from field instruction illustrate their impact on supervisory behavior. It is emphasized that learning in field work is significantly related to the manner in which the role system is defined. (Author/LBH)

Outposting is an interorganizational method of service delivery that requires an exchange relationship between an initiating agency and a host setting, for the benefit of third-party clients. Its experimental adoption as a graduate field training modality at the School of Social Work at the State University of New York at Buffalo is discussed.…

The level of specificity of objectives and content in field education programs are described, the structure and function of monitoring and evaluation systems are analyzed, and a framework for modularizing field education content to achieve a high degree of precision in teaching and learning is proposed. (Author/MLW)

Open systems and exchange theory are utilized to develop a framework for analyzing school-agency relationships. The framework is composed of two areas: (1) the dynamics underlying school-agency relationships, and (2) evaluation of the intraorganizational, interorganizational, and environmental factors that influence schools of social work and…

The rationale for industrial social welfare is addressed and the relevance of social work skills to corporations and unions is discussed. Site selection, student placement, clarity of social work function at the field site, and back-up support from the school are among the issues described. (LBH)