Sarah M Ferguson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah M Ferguson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferguson |
| SIGNATURE | FERGUSON S M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perceptions of Macro Social Work Education
Social work graduate education is responsive to and reflective of larger environmental forces, including economic and job market trends, regulations by diverse organizations, and student interests. A national online survey of macro social work educators (n=208) and macro social work practitioners (n=383) explored their perceptions of the intersections between these forces and graduate social work education. Findings indicate that while there rema…
Assessing Clinical MSW Students’ Attitudes, Attributions, and Responses to Poverty
The choices social workers make to assist people in poverty may be attributable to the attitudes they bring to their social work education but might also be attributable to the explanations for poverty they learned during their programs. This study surveyed 337 students in a clinical MSW program about their attitudes toward the poor, attributions for poverty, and beliefs regarding models of interventions regarding poverty. Students preferred stru…
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity
Macro practice focuses on community-level interventions, such as management, organizing, research, and policy advocacy. Despite social work’s deep roots in this type of work, macro practice and macro practitioners often practice without support or connections with other macro practitioners, and are underrepresented in the profession. In 2006, a group of social workers, including academics and practitioners, formed the Association of Macro Practic…
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity
Macro practice focuses on community-level interventions, such as management, organizing, research, and policy advocacy. Despite social work’s deep roots in this type of work, macro practice and macro practitioners often practice without support or connections with other macro practitioners, and are underrepresented in the profession. In 2006, a group of social workers, including academics and practitioners, formed the Association of Macro Practic…
Perceptions of Macro Social Work Education
Social work graduate education is responsive to and reflective of larger environmental forces, including economic and job market trends, regulations by diverse organizations, and student interests. A national online survey of macro social work educators (n=208) and macro social work practitioners (n=383) explored their perceptions of the intersections between these forces and graduate social work education. Findings indicate that while there rema…
Assessing Clinical MSW Students’ Attitudes, Attributions, and Responses to Poverty
The choices social workers make to assist people in poverty may be attributable to the attitudes they bring to their social work education but might also be attributable to the explanations for poverty they learned during their programs. This study surveyed 337 students in a clinical MSW program about their attitudes toward the poor, attributions for poverty, and beliefs regarding models of interventions regarding poverty. Students preferred stru…
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity
Macro practice focuses on community-level interventions, such as management, organizing, research, and policy advocacy. Despite social work’s deep roots in this type of work, macro practice and macro practitioners often practice without support or connections with other macro practitioners, and are underrepresented in the profession. In 2006, a group of social workers, including academics and practitioners, formed the Association of Macro Practic…
Assessing Clinical MSW Students’ Attitudes, Attributions, and Responses to Poverty
The choices social workers make to assist people in poverty may be attributable to the attitudes they bring to their social work education but might also be attributable to the explanations for poverty they learned during their programs. This study surveyed 337 students in a clinical MSW program about their attitudes toward the poor, attributions for poverty, and beliefs regarding models of interventions regarding poverty. Students preferred stru…
Perceptions of Macro Social Work Education
Social work graduate education is responsive to and reflective of larger environmental forces, including economic and job market trends, regulations by diverse organizations, and student interests. A national online survey of macro social work educators (n=208) and macro social work practitioners (n=383) explored their perceptions of the intersections between these forces and graduate social work education. Findings indicate that while there rema…
Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Macro (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)