Students’ perceptions of international social work

A comparative study in the USA, UK, and Georgia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9973522
AutoresMarina Lalayants (0000-0001-9813-6237, Hunter College School of Social Work, USA, autor de correspondencia), Mark Doel (0000-0002-1202-2384, Sheffield Hallam University), Iago Kachkachishvili (Tbilisi State University, Georgia)
Año2013
Volumen58
Número1
Páginas97-110
Fecha de publicación2013-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020872812473140
OpenAlexW2116392637
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas19

The field of social work worldwide has been increasingly influenced by globalization, migration, and other conditions that require professionals to be responsive and knowledgeable in addressing them. This collaborative project examined students’ perceptions of international social work at three universities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Georgia. Students’ responses indicated an overall strong interest and widespread agreement that there is a link between local and global social issues. The findings suggest that social work education needs to be globalized and tailored to students’ needs, which will help them identify social work strongly as part of a profession and affect change across the globe

Affect (linguistics · Globalization · Globe · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Social change · Sociology · Work (physics · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work