Evaluating two academic programs of social work: a comparison between the United Arab Emirates University and the Al-Quds University in Palestine.
The accreditation of social work education is a vital issue, given its strong connection to the outcomes of social work education and effectiveness of social work practice as a whole. Thus, this study evaluated the documentation of bachelor's programs in social work at the United Arab Emirates Unive...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 1178 - 1199 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Conference Paper/Materials |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=188923455&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 188923455 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02615479 36Q jtl: Social Work Education issn: 02615479 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 44 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 188923455 10.1080/02615479.2024.2376865 ppf: 1178 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 425KB tig: atl: Evaluating two academic programs of social work: a comparison between the United Arab Emirates University and the Al-Quds University in Palestine. aug: au: Albrithen, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Qusai Faraj, Ziad Osburn, Lynelle affil: Department of Social Well-being, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Intermediate College for Security Studies, AL-Istiqlal University, Jericho, Palestine Social Work and Social Care, Palestinian Ministry of Social Development, Jericho, Palestine School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Harrietville,, Victoria, Australia su: Social work education Contextual analysis Eurocentrism Universities & colleges Accreditation Standards Curriculum evaluation sug: subj: Social work education Contextual analysis Eurocentrism Universities & colleges Other Individual and Family Services Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Accreditation Standards Curriculum evaluation keyword: academic qualifications accreditation Palestine United Arab Emirates academic qualifications accreditation Palestine United Arab Emirates ab: The accreditation of social work education is a vital issue, given its strong connection to the outcomes of social work education and effectiveness of social work practice as a whole. Thus, this study evaluated the documentation of bachelor's programs in social work at the United Arab Emirates University and Al-Quds University in Palestine. Such documents are typically required in the initial stages of an accreditation process. Specifically, we evaluated the programs against nine criteria that constitute the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training adopted by the International Association of Schools of Social Work. Based on the findings, compliance with the majority of the main standards is satisfactory but less than satisfactory for most of the subcriteria. The shortcomings at both universities are primarily related to their failure to clearly articulate the substandards in their respective descriptions of the programs. Another key finding is that both universities are still pursuing a Eurocentric approach to their social work curricula and have made limited efforts to localize them. Thus, both social work programs are in the pre-candidacy phase, with areas that must be improved if they aim to prepare for a formal third-party assessment of their courses. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Conference Paper/Materials src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|