Social Work Education from Distance

Education, Dynamic Signaling and Social Distance

The paper enriches a standard signaling model of education with issues of social distance defined over educational achievements. More specifically it considers the effects that the presence of conformist and status seeking individuals has on educational dynamics. Under very reasonable assumptions about the composition of the society, the model endogenously displays a growing average level of sc...

Conflict Theories and Social Work Education

A Challenge to Social Work Education

Lecturer in Mental Health, School of Economics; Chairman, Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, 1958-60 Of all the groups of untrained social workers in the statutory services, the mental welfare officers have been the most persistent their demand for training. The reasons why their cry went Unheard by the Ministry of Health and the local authorities is now Part of history?too recent to un...

Contemporary social work licensure: implications for macro social work practice and education.

Understanding the impact of state licensing on social work practice remains a critical concern for social work academics and professionals alike. Given the complex social problems of our times, social workers need to be prepared to intervene with the individual, in various structural dimensions, and to engage in policy debates at the core of human injustice and suffering. Currently, there is in...

3D-, Digital Environments for Social Contact in Distance Work

Shared 3D environments are investigated as a means of providing information for supporting awareness and the feeling of co-presence in distance work. The aim of this work-in-progress is to develop work environments for distance work that help reduce social isolation and stress and increase work efficiency when working at a distance. Both social and ergonomic demands of the work situation will b...