Social Work Education: Preparation for Social Work Practice in Sectarian Settings

Publication Date: December 1981

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Norman Linzer

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Content and Values; Higher Education; Ethnicity

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This article is a case study of the Jewish dimension of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Its significance in the curriculum, and in noncurriculum areas will be discussed within the general framework of the ethnic dimension of professional education for social work. This paper describes how the school integrated the ethnic component into its entire fabric, into non-ethnic courses and even into non-curriculum areas. The primary objective of th school is to prepare students for social work practice in the general community with particular emphasis on the Jewish community.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 58:2.