INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION INTO DISTANCE EDUCATION A HYBRID MODEL PROPOSAL

Authors : Talip YİĞİT, Murat DİNÇER

Pages : 32-47

Doi:10.54467/trjasw.1108892

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Publication Date : 2022-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to understand the distance education method in the context of its historical background and today`s applications, and to determine the limitations of distance education in social work education and to develop a new approach that is optimally applicable and sustainable. In this direction, a hybrid model for social work education has been developed within the scope of the study. The standards in the report titled Technology in Social Work Practice were used in the development of the mentioned model. Also benefited from the results of a survey conducted by academics and students of social work programs, with the participation of 50 faculty members and 767 students, by Turkish Association of Schools of Social Work. As a result, the hybrid model proposed at the end of the study displays that the distance education method in social work education can be applied in formal education in a way that can be carried out within certain standards and processes. However, it was understood that the competencies related to student and academician interaction should be reviewed in order to carry out a praxis-oriented social work education built on distance education methodology at an optimal level in the future.
Keywords : distance education, formal education, hybrid model, social work education

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