Reliable and valid methods to evaluate student competence are needed in social work
education, and practice examinations with standardized clients may hold promise for social …

Field education might be described as a 'sacred cow'of the social work profession: it remains
enshrined in accreditation guidelines internationally; it is a key curriculum component in …

The Internship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook offers real-world knowledge of
the skills interns in the helping professions need through every phase of their internship …

Purpose The drive toward competency-based education frameworks has created a tension
between competing desires—for quantified, standardized measures on one hand, and for an …

The aim of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the concept of meta-
competence as it applies in social work. Eighteen social work students took part in a five …

In 2008 the Council on Social Work Education identified field education as the signature
pedagogy of social work. In doing so, it designated field education as the synthetic …

This paper reports on an analysis of qualitative data accrued across four research studies
that addressed the experiences of field instructors in evaluating students and providing …

There has been a call for social work programs to better prepare students for field education.
This qualitative study examined an innovation titled Practice Fridays developed to enhance …

Objective: Child welfare agencies have moved toward standardized risk assessment
measures to improve the reliability with which child's risk of abuse is predicted …

The development of standardized, valid, and reliable methods for assessment of students'
practice competence continues to be a challenge for social work educators. In this study, the …