Preparing Social Work Doctoral Students for Teaching

1998/04/01 by Deborah Valentine, Deborah P. Valentine, Sherry Edwards +6
Social Sciences · #Higher Education Practises and Engagement #Service-Learning and Community Engagement #Social Work Education and Practice

paper · doi:10.1080/10437797.1998.10778923

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Abstract

The results of a national survey of 51 social work doctoral program directors indicate that, although the majority of doctoral programs include preparation for teaching as a program objective, they offer limited formal course work and few opportunities for supervised teaching experiences. The authors discuss the results of this survey and make recommendations for better preparing social work doctoral students for their roles as teachers.

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