Internationalizing Social Work Education: Models, Methods, and Meanings
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v21i1.309Keywords:
Social work education, Education abroad, Study abroad, International student learningAbstract
Education abroad program designers who wish to work with colleagues interested in internationalizing social work education need to be concerned with both general and discipline-specific issues. Social work students resemble many other adults and professional students in their need for short term programs that meet specific requirements, resulting in the frequency of faculty-led summer programs. In order to understand the options that are available for internationalizing social work education, and, in particular, internationalizing its field work placements through education abroad, one first must examine the requirements of the field in the U.S., definitions of international social work, and the rationales that have been advanced for internationalizing the field. This article presents a discussion that focuses on the models for international student learning that have been proposed and practiced.
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Service-Learning and Leadership, pp. 177-201
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Erlbaum
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Poole, D.L. & Davis, T.S. (2006). Concept mapping to measure outcomes in study abroad programs. Social Work Education 25(1), 61-77.
Prigoff, A. (2000) Economics for Social Workers Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Thomson
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Rambally, R.E. (1999). Field education in a developing country: promoting organizational change and social development. International Social Work, 42(4), 485-496
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Tesoriero, F. (2006). Personal growth towards intercultural competence through an international field education programme. Australian Social Work 59(2), 126-140.
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Ward, C., Bochner, S., & Furnham, A. (2003 reprint of 2001 original). The Psychology of Culture Shock 2e London and New York: Routledge
Wessel, N. (2007). Integrating service learning into the study abroad program: U.S. sociology students in Mexico. Journal of Studies in International Education 11(1): 73-89.
Younes, M.N. & Asay, S.M. (2003). The world as a classroom: The Impact of International Study Experiences on College Students. College Teaching 51(4): 141-147.
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Merrill, M. C., & Frost, C. J. (2011). Internationalizing Social Work Education: Models, Methods, and Meanings. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 21(1), 189–210. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v21i1.309
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