ABSTRACT

Although the Council on Social Work Education has identified field education and macro practice as core domains in social work education, there has been limited research examining the implementation of macro practice elements in field education settings. As part of a larger research project examining field instructors’ inclusion of macro and diversity-based content in the field practicum placement, this exploratory study focused on (a) field instructors’ integration of macro practice elements into the field practicum setting and (b) the amount of time field instructors allotted to discussing macro practice elements in their weekly supervision with students. Surveys were completed by 102 field instructors associated with an accredited undergraduate and graduate-level social work education program at a public university in the intermountain west region of the United States. This study found that field instructors integrate few or limited macro practice elements into the field practicum placement, field instructors spend minimal time discussing macro practice elements with students during weekly supervision, and the macro practice elements discussed varied across field instructors and differed among primary areas of practice focus in practicum settings. Implications for social work education and field practicum education are provided, and recommendations for future research are discussed.

摘要

尽管社会工作教育委员会已将实地教育和宏观实践确定为社会工作教育的核心领域，但研究在实地教育环境中实施宏观实践要素的研究有限。作为一个更大的研究项目的一部分，该项目检查了实地教师在实地实习安置中是否包含宏观和基于多样性的内容，这项探索性研究的重点是 (a) 实地教师将宏观实践元素整合到实地实习环境中，以及 (b)现场教师在每周监督中与学生讨论宏观实践要素的时间。调查由 102 名与美国西部山间地区公立大学认可的本科和研究生社会工作教育计划相关的现场讲师完成。本研究发现，现场指导员将很少或有限的宏观实践元素整合到现场实习安排中，现场指导员在每周监督期间与学生讨论宏观实践要素的时间最少，并且讨论的宏观实践要素因现场指导员而异，并且在主要领域之间也有所不同。在实习环境中练习重点。提供了对社会工作教育和实地实习教育的启示，并讨论了对未来研究的建议。本研究发现，现场指导员将很少或有限的宏观实践元素整合到现场实习安排中，现场指导员在每周监督期间与学生讨论宏观实践要素的时间最少，并且讨论的宏观实践要素因现场指导员而异，并且在主要领域之间也有所不同。在实习环境中练习重点。提供了对社会工作教育和实地实习教育的启示，并讨论了对未来研究的建议。本研究发现，现场指导员将很少或有限的宏观实践元素整合到现场实习安排中，现场指导员在每周监督期间与学生讨论宏观实践要素的时间最少，并且讨论的宏观实践要素因现场指导员而异，并且在主要领域之间也有所不同。在实习环境中练习重点。提供了对社会工作教育和实地实习教育的启示，并讨论了对未来研究的建议。