Digital Intervention for Advancing Social Work and Welfare Education
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Policy and Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 398
Special Issue Editors
Interests: family work; prevention and early prevention (child and family welfare); community development; professional ethics; critical self-reflection; relational practice
Interests: family work; prevention and early prevention (child and family welfare); community development; professional ethics; critical self-reflection; relational practice
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a profession focused on practice working with people in social work education, there has historically been a strong focus on developing knowledge and practice skills in classroom settings and an associated tendency or reluctance to engage with technology. More recently, there has been significant growth in online programs, which require the use of technology, creating a shift in approaches to teaching social work. These programs opened the door to many students not previously able to study. Similarly, the use of technology in practice is rapidly increasing with the emergence of telehealth, eHealth, and a move to technology-based services. The rapidly increasing availability and capacity of generative artificial intelligence is similarly creating both challenges and opportunities, particularly in education settings. In these changing educational and practice environments, it is critical for social work educators to consider the role of technology in social work education and preparation for practice. This Special Issue encourages submissions of digital intervention in advancing social work education.
This Special Issue invites papers that examine the application of technology and digital intervention in teaching, the challenges, opportunities, benefits, and ethical considerations for social work education, and issues and implications for preparing graduates for changing social work practice in a digital world.
Please submit your proposals and any questions to special issue guest editors by 30 April 2024. Notification of acceptance will be provided by 13 May 2024. Final papers are due on 30 September 2024 for peer review.
Dr. Erica Russ
Dr. Elizabeth C Reimer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- social work education
- field education
- field practicum
- social work practice
- social work skills
- simulation-based learning
- virtual education
- online education
- technology-based social work interventions
- social work digital intervention
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