Analyzing the Attitude of Undergraduate Students toward Poverty and Impoverished Persons: Does Social Work Education Make a Difference?

Autor/inn/en	Weaver, Robert D.; Yun, Sung Hyun
Titel	Analyzing the Attitude of Undergraduate Students toward Poverty and Impoverished Persons: Does Social Work Education Make a Difference?
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 31 (2011) 1, S.3-20 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0884-1233
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Poverty; Student Attitudes; Social Work; Pretests Posttests; Measures (Individuals); Outcomes of Education; Student Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Schülerverhalten; Soziale Arbeit; Messdaten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	This study evaluated the impact that undergraduate social work education had on students' attitude toward poverty as pretest and posttest data were collected from 166 university students enrolled in an undergraduate social work course that included a focus on poverty. At both stages of the study participants responded to a 37-item validated instrument designed to measure attitudes toward poverty and impoverished persons. The authors' analyses indicated that the participants demonstrated a significantly more structural attitude toward poverty and impoverished persons at the posttest stage, suggesting that social work education influences students' poverty-related attitudes. The implications for social work practice are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10