Civic Literacy and Social Work Education: Results From a Multi-Site Study
| Autor: | Harold E. Kooreman, Mary E. Hylton, Marcela Sarmiento Mellinger, Angelique Day, Heather A. McCabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science Social work media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Multi site Adult population Literacy 050906 social work Social work education Pedagogy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology 0509 other social sciences Socioeconomics 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Policy Practice. 16:81-94 |
| ISSN: | 1558-8750 1558-8742 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15588742.2015.1137852 |
| Popis: | Given the decline in civic literacy among Americans, social work educators can no longer assume that students come prepared with the civic knowledge necessary for competent advocacy or policy practice. This article examines rates of civic knowledge among social work students at four social work education programs across the United States (U.S.). Findings indicate that although social work students score higher than the general U.S. adult population, their civic knowledge scores are still low, with nearly a third of these students falling in the failing range. Results suggest that social work students need additional content on civic knowledge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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