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Social work faculty interest in aging
— impact of education, knowledge, comfort, and experience | | Author(s) | Donna Wang, Emily Ihara, Jill Chonody, Kathryn Krase |
| Journal title | Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol 34, no 3, July-September 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 257-271 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Social work ; Training [welfare work] ; Universities ; Syllabuses ; Teachers ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | As the need for gerontological social workers increases, it is important to assess faculty interest in strengthening and bolstering this area in the classroom and curriculum. This study sought to compare training and experience of social work faculties that identified ageing as a teaching or research interest with faculties who did not, and to identify predictors of a faculty's interest in ageing. A national sample of United States university social work faculty members was recruited; 609 individuals participated in the study. The findings reveal that a faculty with an interest in ageing differed from non-ageing faculties in the areas of knowledge of older adults, personal and paid experience, and graduate and continuing education. In addition, predictors of interest in ageing included taking a graduate course, continuing education units, having paid and volunteer experience, level of knowledge of older adults, and comfort level of covering content on ageing in the classroom. The connection between social work faculty and student interest in ageing is discussed, as are implications for further social work research and education. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130830201 A |
| Classmark | IG: QW: V5: V9E: XP: TOB: 3F: 7T |
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