What Do We Know about the Professional Socialization of Our Students?

Teaching Statistics to MSW Students: Comparing Credit and Non-Credit Options

“…By taking the non-credit course, students may have benefited from instructors' familiarity with social work practice and values, and their own beliefs about the relevance of social work research (Barretti, 2004). Scholarly articles may relate to topics students are familiar with and interested in, and therefore, they may be motivated to read the material closely and understand it thoroughly (Bolen, 2006;Lalayants, 2012;Rabin & NutterUpham, 2010).…”

Reflective Learning in Social Work Education in the Field of Substance Abuse

“…Several studies have demonstrated that the student-supervisor relationship plays a pivotal role in the development of a professional identity (Barretti, 2004;Shlomo et al, 2012). The supervisor-student relationship provides the context for learning in the field and supervisors play a central role in the professional socialisation of social work students.…”

“…This can be seen as an "induction" approach through which the student learns the appropriate social roles and behaviours to participate as a member of the profession. The second view of professional socialisation is the symbolic interactionist perspective (Barretti, 2004;Miller, 2010). This focuses on the motivation, identity and commitment of the student and sees socialisation as a process whereby the student learns to adapt to the practice and organisational context.…”

“…Two different views of socialisation have been identified in the literature. The first is the structural-functional perspective (Barretti, 2004;Miller, 2010), which posits that professional socialisation involves the acquisition of the values and attitudes, interests, skills and knowledge directly through didactic teaching and indirectly through interaction with significant members of the group. This can be seen as an "induction" approach through which the student learns the appropriate social roles and behaviours to participate as a member of the profession.…”

Professional Socialization and Attitudes Towards Interprofessional Collaboration Among Graduate Social Work and Health Professions Students

“…In the context of IPE and practice, consideration for the intersection of these professional cultures, and the need to understand them with proficiency, if not fluency, becomes elemental. The process of becoming professionally socialized emerges through a complex system of formal and informal processes and relationships (Barretti, 2004a) that begin before formal professional education and continue as professionals make dynamic adaptations in practice (Barretti, 2004b;Miller, 2010Miller, , 2013Shuval, 1980). Notions of professional socialization have been infused in the culture of social work education since its inception; however, it was not until 2008 that the construct was articulated in CSWE's educational policy and accreditation standards (Miller, 2013).…”