TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating Micro and Macro Practice
T2 - An Evaluation of the Policy Advocacy Course
AU - Schwartz-Tayri, Talia M.
AU - Malka, Menny
AU - Moshe-Grodofsky, Merav
AU - Gilbert, Neil
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Professors Dr. Idit Weiss-Gal and Dr. John Gal for their support and permission to use research tools developed under their supervision and published in Schwartz-Tayri (2015).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Council on Social Work Education.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Policy advocacy is a professional competency in the Council of Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Therefore, preparing social work students to engage in political arenas is an integral part of social work education. This study presents an evaluation of the policy advocacy course using a pre/posttest research design (N = 154), and examines the theoretical link between the course and the change in students’ motivation to engage in policy advocacy activities. Findings indicate that students’ motivation to engage in policy advocacy and traditional resources for policy advocacy increased after the course. Path analysis demonstrated the mechanism through which these increases were achieved. The study suggests that including comprehensive policy advocacy training in the professional socialization of future social workers is a promising approach to increasing their active engagement in policy advocacy and satisfying CSWE requirements.
AB - Policy advocacy is a professional competency in the Council of Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Therefore, preparing social work students to engage in political arenas is an integral part of social work education. This study presents an evaluation of the policy advocacy course using a pre/posttest research design (N = 154), and examines the theoretical link between the course and the change in students’ motivation to engage in policy advocacy activities. Findings indicate that students’ motivation to engage in policy advocacy and traditional resources for policy advocacy increased after the course. Path analysis demonstrated the mechanism through which these increases were achieved. The study suggests that including comprehensive policy advocacy training in the professional socialization of future social workers is a promising approach to increasing their active engagement in policy advocacy and satisfying CSWE requirements.
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U2 - 10.1080/10437797.2020.1713271
DO - 10.1080/10437797.2020.1713271
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081395218
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 57
SP - 464
EP - 477
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 3
ER -