Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work. Rhetoric or Reality?

Autor/in	Skeen, Amy
Titel	Field Education as the Signature Pedagogy of Social Work. Rhetoric or Reality?
Quelle	In: Advances in social work, 23 (2023) 1, S. 204-220 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-4125
DOI	10.18060/26234
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Feldforschung; Curriculum; Geschichte (Histor); Akkreditierung; Ausbildung; Sozialarbeiter; Integration; Modell; Auszubildender; Student; USA
Abstract	As the social work profession emerged, the primary method for training social workers was the apprentice model, now referred to as field education. In 2008, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) declared field education the signature pedagogy of social work education in the Educational Policies and Standards (EPAS), thus connecting it to accreditation. Despite this prioritization over other areas of social work education, debate continues as to whether field education meets the criteria of signature pedagogy. This study applied a contextual analysis to determine the extent to which a sample of 16 undergraduate social work programs demonstrate alignment with the signature pedagogy designation. The tool for analysis was the EPAS self-study, a primary document required in the CSWE accreditation process. The selected criteria for examination were two defining features of signature pedagogy: evidence of widespread recognition and routine inclusion across the curriculum. Findings revealed significant variation in both criteria areas among the sample group, likely influenced by ambiguity regarding signature pedagogy found within the EPAS. While data within the EPAS self-studies substantiates the important role of field education, additional themes revealed an opportunity to re-define and expand the signature pedagogy of the profession that could benefit both social work education and the practice community.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2024/1