What Influences Undergraduate Students to Choose Social Work

Autor/in	Williams, Brandi Elaine
Titel	What Influences Undergraduate Students to Choose Social Work
Quelle	(2007), (56 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Undergraduate Students; Questionnaires; Social Work; Majors (Students); Decision Making; Student Interests; Occupational Aspiration; Volunteers; Work Experience; Children; Adolescents; Poverty; Cultural Differences; Student Recruitment; Caseworkers; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Soziale Arbeit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Studieninteresse; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Freiwilliger; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Armut; Kultureller Unterschied; Kalifornien
Abstract	The purpose of the study was to describe self-reported influences on undergraduate students to choose social work as a major--including the social work populations and activities of interest to social work students. Fifty junior undergraduate students from California State University, Long Beach, participated in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure their self-reported influences and career aspirations. The study found that helping and working with people in some form and previous work/volunteer experience were the most popular factors of influence for students choosing social work as a major. Social work activities involving children, adolescents, and 100 families were the most frequently reported influence. Most influential populations were children/adolescents, the poor, and multicultural populations. The study's implication study was that an understanding of students' interests should help with the development of effective recruitment techniques for social work schools and with alleviating the shortage of professional social workers. Appended are: (1) Informed Consent; and (2) Questionnaire. (Contains 4 tables.) [Master's Thesis, California State University, Long Beach.] (Author).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10