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  1. Council on Social Work Education

    The CSWE organizational mission includes the charge to advocate for social work education and research. CSWE's strategic plan outlines the need for research to inform policy and practice and to serve the needs of CSWE member programs—their deans, directors, faculty members, and students. The CSWE Commission on Research (COR) and CSWE research ...

  2. Social Work Education

    Journal overview. Social Work Education publishes articles of a critical and reflective nature concerned with the theory and practice of social care and social work education at all levels. It presents a forum for international debate on important issues and provides an opportunity for the expression of new ideas and proposals on the structure ...

  3. Social Work Education, Research and Practice: Challenges and Looking

    Social work research can inform our professional practice through: (i) assessing the needs and resources of people in their environments; (ii) demonstrating relative costs and benefits of social work services; (iii) advancing professional education in light of changing contexts for practice; and (iv) understanding the impact of legislation and ...

  4. Practice Research in Social Work: Themes, Opportunities and Impact

    Practice research in social work is evolving and has been iteratively defined through a series of statements over the last 15 years (Epstein et al., 2015; Fook & Evans, 2011; Joubert et al., 2023; Julkunen et al., 2014; Sim et al., 2019).Most recently, the Melbourne Statement on Practice Research (Joubert et al., 2023) focused on practice meeting research, with an emphasis on 'the ...

  5. Journal of Social Work Education

    The Journal of Social Work Education (JSWE) is a refereed professional journal concerned with education in social work and social welfare. Its purpose is to serve as a forum for creative exchange on trends, innovations, and problems relevant to social work education at the undergraduate, master's, and postgraduate levels.

  6. Research on Social Work Practice: Sage Journals

    Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP), peer-reviewed and published eight times per year, is a disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of empirical research concerning the assessment methods and outcomes of social work practice. Intervention programs covered include behavior analysis and therapy; psychotherapy or counseling with individuals; case management; and education.

  7. Grand Challenges for Social Work: Research, Practice, and Education

    The Grand Challenges of Social Work is a large-scale initiative to bring a focus and synergy between social work research, practice, and education to bear on a range of universal social, economic, political, environmental, and psychological problems. After fine-tuning and incorporating additional feedback from the preliminary rollout at the ...

  8. The Teaching and Learning of Communication Skills in Social Work Education

    Purpose: This article presents a systematic review of research into the teaching and learning of communication skills in social work education.Methods: We conducted a systematic review, adhering to the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews for Interventions and PRISMA reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Results: Sixteen records reporting on fifteen studies met the ...

  9. Advances in Social Work

    Advances in Social Work is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original work. Articles are accepted on the basis of appropriateness, clarity, sound methodology, and utility for social work practice, research, and education. Articles are indexed or abstracted in Social Work Abstracts and Social Service Abstracts.

  10. Grand Challenges for Social Work: Research, Practice, and Education

    The Grand Challenges of Social Work is a large-scale initiative to bring a focus and synergy between social work research, practice, and education to bear on a range of universal social, economic, political, environmental, and psychological problems. After fine-tuning and incorporating additional feedback from the preliminary rollout at the ...

  11. Back to the Future: Using Social Work Research to Improve Social Work

    Abstract This article traces themes over time for conducting social work research to improve social work practice. The discussion considers 3 core themes: (a) the scientific practitioner, including different models for applying this perspective to research and practice; (b) intervention research; and (c) implementation science. While not intended to be a comprehensive review of these themes ...

  12. (PDF) Social Work Research and Its Relevance to Practice: "The Gap

    The history of social work education may have also contributed to making it difficult for those teaching on university social work courses to engage routinely in research (Orme and Powell, 2007).

  13. Social Work Education, Research and Practice

    About this book. This book addresses a range of key issues concerning social work education, research and practice in India and Australia from a cross-cultural perspective. The respective chapters focus on specific areas of social work regarding e.g. the status and recognition of the profession, regulatory mechanisms, roles and functions of ...

  14. PDF Implementation of Practice-based Research in Social Work Education

    Keywords: social work, education, research, practice-based, community-based The development of research-related knowledge and skills is an essential part of undergraduate and graduate social work education (Walsh, Gulbrandsen, & Lorenzetti, 2019).

  15. PDF Practice-Informed Research: Contemporary Challenges and Ethical

    The relationship between practice and research within the social work profession has been perceived as almost dichotomous—that is, as two divisions that are classified separately. Practitioners ... Research), and research structures in social work education programs (e.g., institutes and centers inside schools and colleges of social work).

  16. Journal of Social Work Education and Practice

    Journal of Social Work Education and Practice or JSWEP (ISSN: 2456-2068) is an international peer-reviewed open-access social work journal published by Social Workers in India Forum. It is an effort to publish research articles from the social work fraternity around the world. The high-quality research articles published by the journal will be ...

  17. Practice research methods in social work: Processes, applications and

    Abstract. Although social work research is commonly rooted within social service settings, it can be difficult for social work researchers and practitioners to develop and sustain participatory studies that specifically promote knowledge sharing and service improvement involving organisational practice.

  18. Practice-Informed Teaching in Social Work Education

    Practice-Informed Teaching in Social Work Education. By Kathryn D. Arnett, DSW, LCSW, CADC, and Courtney J. Lynch, PhD, LCSW. Social Work Today. Vol. 21 No. 4 P. 22. Educators offer strategies to create experiential learning opportunities in the classroom. As licensed clinical social workers with more than 20 years of practice experience who ...

  19. Integrating Practice Research into Social Work Field Education

    The online course is designed to share knowledge and understanding of practice research in order to strengthen the role of practice research in social work field education. Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) Partnership. To date, there has been a disconnect between research and social work practice (Drolet & Harriman, 2020).

  20. PDF What Do They Mean for Social Work Practice, Research, and Education

    The students are diverse; almost half of the students are persons of color, with many Latino students and 14 students from out of state. The average age of these practitioner-scholars is 42, with an average 12 years post-Masters work history. Costs per year are $20,000 for out of state tuition, and $15,000 in-state.

  21. PDF 2022 EPAS Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards

    established standards supports public confidence in the quality of professional social work education and in the competence of social work practice. CSWE's COA uses the EPAS to accredit baccalaureate and master's-level social work programs. The EPAS supports academic excellence by establishing thresholds for professional competence.

  22. 13. Experimental design

    The practice of research in social work. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. ↵; Sullivan, G. M. (2011). Getting off the "gold standard": Randomized controlled trials and education research. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 3(3), 285-289.

  23. Research Guides: Dimensions of Diversity: Defining Dimensions

    This library guide provides UAB social work students, faculty and practitioners with comprehensive resources to explore the 20 dimensions of diversity as defined by the Council on Social Work Education.This guide aims to enhance understanding and promote an anti-oppressive approach in social work education and practice by offering a curated selection of readings, videos, podcasts, and ...

  24. Theory and Practice of Social Work

    Welcome to Social Work Theory and Practice I and II (SWRK 425 and 426) practicum placement. The professional placement in this course, which occurs during the student's senior year, focuses on social work intervention with micro systems (individuals, families and small groups). Students are assigned to a wide range of agencies in which social ...

  25. Maritza Vasquez Reyes Joins School of Social Work Faculty

    ATLANTA — Maritza Vasquez Reyes has joined Georgia State University's School of Social Work as an assistant professor, effective fall 2024. Vasquez Reyes grounds her teaching, service and research in 12 years of direct social work practice.Her interdisciplinary research impacts public health and well-being, and she is particularly interested in understanding community supports available to ...

  26. Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice: Predicting What Will

    EBE relies on researchers to produce evidence of effectiveness for educators to use in practice. Intermediary organizations like the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) in the United States, the What Works Network and Educational Endowment Foundation in the United Kingdom, the European EIPPEE (Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education in Europe) Network are supposed to help bridge the gap ...

  27. One way social work researchers can better understand community needs

    Adopting DCEs can strengthen the link between social work research and practice—and ground our research, policy, and practice in the values that are important to the people we serve.

  28. "Why me?": Qualitative research on why patients ask, what they mean

    Patients often ask, "why me?" but questions arise regarding what this statement means, how, when and why patients ask, how they answer and why. Interviews were conducted as part of several qualitative research studies exploring how patients view and cope with various conditions, including HIV, cancer, Huntington's disease and infertility. A secondary qualitative analysis was performed ...

  29. Master's Degree in Social Work

    Practice according to the principles, values, and ethics that guide the social work profession. Influence social policies with the goal of alleviating poverty, oppression, and social injustice, as well as advocating for human rights. Practice in a manner that enhances the quality of life for all persons, locally and globally, and that advances ...

  30. Global Migration and Civic Education: Research, Policy, and Practice

    Biography. James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle, which is now the Banks Center for Educational Justice. Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), a Fellow of AERA, a member of the National Academy of ...