The article discusses the results and implications of a 1978 study of work study/work experience programs for regular and handicapped secondary students in British Columbia, Canada. (Author/DSL)

Study findings are presented and discussed in terms of program characteristics, student characteristics, staff characteristics, program quality, support services, program effectiveness, and suggested developments. (Author/DLS)

The article describes a specific approach to guiding student special education teachers through their student teaching experiences. A student teacher activity sequence is presented, covering such areas as observation; guided participation; assessment; curricular skills; independent participation; evaluation; and interactions with parents, aides,…

The article reports on the preliminary findings of a study of 392 Australian kindergarten children to determine which tests are the most predictive of later reading ability and disability. (Author/DLS)

The article discusses some of the effects of labeling on handicapped children, and the use of alternatives to labeling. Eight specific suggestions for special educators in Canada are offered, including that all children needing services should be labeled "exceptional." (Author/DLS)

The major conclusions drawn are that educational policy in British Columbia is in need of change, and that the forces needed to effect this change are emerging. (Author/DLS)

Issues facing social work education are reviewed including: lack of an instructional methodology, effectiveness of practice, admission to social work education programs, theories of people, assessment of competence, and generic curriculum. Avenues to effective education include: relationship-building training, empirical bases of interpersonal…

A study on the validity of admissions predictions done at the University of Kansas is reported. The results show that interjudge reliability was low, predictions captured small proportions of total variance, and year-to-year variability was apparent. Suggestions for research include the study of faculty as admissions decision makers. (Author/MLW)

Academic inbreeding--selecting former students of an institution to its faculty--was found to be prevalent in graduate schools of social work, but not related to an institution's ranking on measures of prestige, scholarly or professional productivity, and teaching quality. It was concluded that inbreeding is not predictive of institutional or…

Empathy skill was operationalized using a videotape of client-worker interviews and a questionnaire. Two conditions for the development of empathy skill, (1) an experiential-didactic course, and (2) a structured meditation experience, are described. Positive change in scores was found with meditation attainment. Limitations and implications are…

Two concerns of liberal education reported in this essay are "alienation" and "fragmentation." Social work has a value base that addresses both issues. Social work education deals with technical problems and cultural puzzles and can provide a direction for liberal arts as it attempts to clarify and resolve value conflicts. (Author/MLW)

A design for teaching human behavior to undergraduate social work students is described that is multidisciplinary in its knowledge base, employs a comparative and analytical approach to a variety of theoretical concepts, and is directly linked to the problem-solving competencies of practice. (Author/MLW)

The 1969 Council on Social Work Education Curriculum Policy Statement provided the encouragement for graduate programs to exercise freedom to develop practice concentrations. A study that identifies five concentration patterns is discussed. It is concluded that concentrations have moved to a state of disorganized complexity. (Author/MLW)

The results of a questionnaire study that sought to identify relationships and patterns among the resignations of deans in schools of social work are reported. Seven sources of pressure are identified: fund raising, faculty, inability to pursue professional goals, insufficient time and/or administrative support, university administration, personal…

A survey of recent master's of social work (MSW) graduates indicates that graduates move into administrative support positions early in their professional careers. The expanded role of the bachelor's of social work graduate provides an opportunity to develop an enriched two-year MSW in terms of practice competencies. (Author/MLW)