Has social work education been effective at promoting the development of specific practice skills and how can students' skill levels feasibly be assessed? This paper describes the development and testing of the Social Work Self-Efficacy Scale, which assesses social workers' confidence regarding a broad range of social work tasks. Pre-post data from two cohorts of social work students are presented showing significant positive change in MSW students' self-efficacy, suggesting a new approach to outcomes assessment in social work education.
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Archive@NYU : Outcomes of social work education: The case for social work self-efficacy
%0 Journal Article
%1 holden2002outcomes
%A Holden, Gary
%A Meenaghan, Thomas
%A Anastas, Jeane
%A Metrey, George
%D 2002
%J Journal of Social Work Education
%K efficacy measure methodology outcome pdf proj-reunification scale self-efficacy social-cognitive-theory social-work
%P 115-133
%T Outcomes of social work education: The case for social work self-efficacy
%U http://archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/23804
%V 38
%X Has social work education been effective at promoting the development of specific practice skills and how can students' skill levels feasibly be assessed? This paper describes the development and testing of the Social Work Self-Efficacy Scale, which assesses social workers' confidence regarding a broad range of social work tasks. Pre-post data from two cohorts of social work students are presented showing significant positive change in MSW students' self-efficacy, suggesting a new approach to outcomes assessment in social work education.
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abstract = {Has social work education been effective at promoting the development of specific practice skills and how can students' skill levels feasibly be assessed? This paper describes the development and testing of the Social Work Self-Efficacy Scale, which assesses social workers' confidence regarding a broad range of social work tasks. Pre-post data from two cohorts of social work students are presented showing significant positive change in MSW students' self-efficacy, suggesting a new approach to outcomes assessment in social work education.},
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author = {Holden, Gary and Meenaghan, Thomas and Anastas, Jeane and Metrey, George},
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timestamp = {2012-07-27T17:15:41.000+0200},
title = {Outcomes of social work education: The case for social work self-efficacy},
url = {http://archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/23804},
volume = 38,
year = 2002
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