The challenges of combining 'knowing-that' and 'knowing-how' in social work education and professional practice in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.

Autor/inn/en	Voll, Ingrid; Tysnes, Ingunn Barmen; Larsen, Anne Karin
Titel	The challenges of combining 'knowing-that' and 'knowing-how' in social work education and professional practice in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration.
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 25 (2022) 4, S. 708-719 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2021.1964441
Schlagwörter	Wissen; Empirische Untersuchung; Handlungskompetenz; Soziale Dienste; Studium; Soziale Arbeit; Praxis; Norwegen
Abstract	This article presents data from a focus group study of social workers in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and investigates how social workers perceive and experience the relevance of their education in the transition to their work in NAV. The relevance of education to practical fields became more important after the Bologna Process started in 2000. Research shows a discrepancy between what social workers learn during their professional education and the expectations they face when starting to work in welfare systems. Through analysing our data according to Ryle's concepts of 'knowing-that' and 'knowing-how' and Lave and Wenger's theory of situated learning and communities of practice, we discuss the participants' experiences of the relevance of their education. Although the participants experienced their social work education as being relevant to their work in NAV, they expressed a need to learn more about how to apply theoretical knowledge during their education. The participants indicated work situations where they felt that their studies had insufficiently prepared them. In response to these findings, we discuss implications for social work education.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2023/1