香港社工學生、畢業生及僱主眼中的成果導向社會工作教育

Outcome Based Undergraduate Social Work Education in a Hong Kong University: A Case Study

凌煒鏗(Henry Wai Hang Ling) ； 崔永康(Wing Hong Chui)

《當代社會工作學刊》 10期 (2018/09) Pp. 79-117

摘要

毋庸置疑，社會急速改變，社工教育需要與時共進，培養出良好學習態度的準社工，讓他們建立正確的價值觀，並幫助他們掌握基本的知識及技能，令他們在面對不同挑戰時能解決各類問題。是次研究目的在於了解在學的社工學生、僱主以及畢業生如何看待社工教育中學習成果的重要性，以及他們眼中最能和最不能達成的學習成果。從他們的角度，討論該校課程的表現及他們的期望。希望從而了解社工教育是否到位，指出需要改善的地方。本研究選取香港其中一所大學之社工本科生課程，以個案研究為本。此外，我們共有二十位不同的持分者參與，透過參與焦點小組，反映他們的想法。研究結果指出，不少社工學生及社工均對研究、政策及倡議工作欠缺興趣及信心；不少受訪者也認同加強社工學生的批判及解難能力之重要性。本研究肯定成果導向教育之重要性，有助社工老師及院校制定教學方針。另外，本研究亦建議提供社工教育的院校，應定期推行系統化的檢討及評估，以此更有效地運用有限的教育資源，讓社工教育有更全面的開展。

關鍵字

社會工作教育 ； 成果導向 ； 學習成果 ； 能力 ； 香港

並列摘要

Continued review and assessment of the outcomes of social work education is deemed necessary because of the rapid changes in society. This will ensure our social work students to be equipped with appropriate attitudes, values, skills and knowledge to address the challenges brought by the ever-changing social and political contexts, and to help the deprived and disadvantaged solve various ill-defined individual, family and community problems. This paper aims to report the finding generated from a qualitative study of analyzing the views of a total of 20 social work students, employers, and graduates on the relative importance of learning outcomes from an undergraduate social work program of a Hong Kong university. It is hoped that their perspectives can help inform how the curriculum can better prepare beginning social workers for acquiring essential skills and knowledge for future employment. Findings from the focus group interviews indicated that they were generally satisfied with the way how social work training was delivered through the university being investigated. However, most participants commented that many social work students and its graduates were not particularly interested in using research evidence to inform their practice, and lacked confidence in policy and advocacy work. They suggested that the curriculum should have aimed at improving the student's critical thinking and problem solving skills in order to prepare them to deal with the ever-changing needs of the vulnerable. Despite its small scale, this case study demonstrates how the importance of using research to help assess the strengths and weaknesses of the social work curriculum, thereby identifying room for improvement in the delivery of social work education.

並列關鍵字

Social Work Education ； Outcome-based ； Learning Outcome ； Competency ； Hong Kong