TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of social work education and practice in the Arab countries
T2 - A comparative study of Palestine, Qatar and Tunisia
AU - Ibrahim, Qusai A.
AU - Sorur, Magda
AU - Labidi, Lassaad
AU - Osburn, Lynelle G.
N1 - Includes bibliographical references
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This comparative study aims to identify student perceptions of the quality of their social work education and practice experience in 3 Arab states. It considers 8 domains: faculty members, the student cohort, curriculum, textbooks, the library, teaching methods, field practicum, and quality of student assessment. The goal is not to produce a set of league tables but to move social work courses in the Arab states towards the achievement of international standards and recognition while recognizing cultural differences and promoting cultural sensitivity. From this study, of the three states, Qatar received the highest relative strength in the 8 domains. This study has several recommendations to improve the quality of social work education and practice in the three studied universities particularly, and for universities in the Arab world in general. In focusing on the 8 domains, it can encourage researchers to study each one individually and build culturally and regionally appropriate recommendations for institutional improvement and professional education in social work.
AB - This comparative study aims to identify student perceptions of the quality of their social work education and practice experience in 3 Arab states. It considers 8 domains: faculty members, the student cohort, curriculum, textbooks, the library, teaching methods, field practicum, and quality of student assessment. The goal is not to produce a set of league tables but to move social work courses in the Arab states towards the achievement of international standards and recognition while recognizing cultural differences and promoting cultural sensitivity. From this study, of the three states, Qatar received the highest relative strength in the 8 domains. This study has several recommendations to improve the quality of social work education and practice in the three studied universities particularly, and for universities in the Arab world in general. In focusing on the 8 domains, it can encourage researchers to study each one individually and build culturally and regionally appropriate recommendations for institutional improvement and professional education in social work.
KW - Arab countries
KW - quality
KW - social work education
KW - student perceptions
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U2 - 10.1080/02615479.2020.1773781
DO - 10.1080/02615479.2020.1773781
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087037738
SN - 0261-5479
VL - 40
SP - 1010
EP - 1023
JO - Social Work Education
JF - Social Work Education
IS - 8
ER -