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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Benefits and Challenges of Service-Learning in Baccalaureate Social Work Programs
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Schelbe, Lisa; Petracchi, Helen E.; Weaver, Addie – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
Service-learning is a pedagogical approach that integrates students' classroom instruction with community experience. This article discusses qualitative results from a national survey examining service-learning in Council on Social Work Education--accredited baccalaureate programs. Almost 80% of the 202 program respondents required…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Counselor Training, Social Work, Service Learning
Suggestions for Utilizing the 2008 EPAS in CSWE-Accredited Baccalaureate and Masters Curriculums--Reflections from the Field, Part 1: The Explicit Curriculum
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Petracchi, Helen E.; Zastrow, Charles – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
In April 2008, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) issued new guidelines for Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). The 2008 EPAS shift the focus of assessment from the evaluation of program objectives to assessment of educational outcomes and student achievement of practice competencies. Major accreditation challenges for…
Descriptors: Social Work, College Curriculum, Accreditation (Institutions), Undergraduate Study
Suggestions for Utilizing the 2008 EPAS in CSWE-Accredited Baccalaureate and Masters Curriculums--Reflections from the Field, Part 2: The Implicit Curriculum
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Petracchi, Helen E.; Zastrow, Charles – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
This article is Part 2 in a 2-part series discussing the new guidelines for Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) issued in April 2008 by the Council on Social Work Education. The 2008 EPAS shifted the focus of assessment for accreditation or reaffirmation from the evaluation of program objectives to assessment of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Utilizing Actors to Simulate Clients in Social Work Student Role Plays: Does This Approach Have a Place in Social Work Education?
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Petracchi, Helen E.; Collins, Kathryn S. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
The social work education literature contains limited discussion of the use of role play in the classroom. This article discusses the logistics of recruiting and utilizing professionally-trained actors to simulate clients in social work role plays. Promising results from assessments of BSW and MSW students with actor-simulated clients are…
Descriptors: Social Work, Role Playing, Classroom Techniques, Recruitment