ERIC Number: EJ1274093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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Objective Measurement for Assessing Students' Reflective Abilities during the Social Work Practicum
Chen, Hui-Fang; Chan, Gloria Hongyee; Yeung, Wai Keung Jerf
Journal of Social Work Education, v56 n4 p734-752 2020
The present study aims to develop and validate an objective scale to assess abilities for reflective process and reflective practice outcomes within social work practicums. The study analyzed supervisors' evaluations of 85 students and estimated the relationships between students' and instructors' objective ratings on competency. The results indicate that a total of 38 items could be used to measure abilities of reflective process and reflective practice outcome, respectively. The items were positively relevant for teachers' evaluations of students' competencies and partially related to students' self-evaluations on performance as well as to supervisor's support. The results also indicate that teachers and students might hold different perspectives with regard to performance, as suggested in the literature. This article includes several suggestions for improving social work practicums.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Student Attitudes, Reflection, Social Work, Practicums, Clinical Experience, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Measures (Individuals), Teacher Attitudes, Counselor Educators, Student Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Competence, Rating Scales, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Measurement Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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