Continuing Social Work Education in Israel

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

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Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Israeli Jews; Jewish Organizations; Jewish Education

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of continuing education in social work in Israel, examining its strength and pointing out directions for future developments. The first part of the paper will briefly survey the history of continuing education in social work over the past 20 years, which are the most significant for this subject. Then the current picture will be elucidated. The paper will conclude by looking more deeply into the issue of the status of continuing education programs in an academic framework, a very important area for future developments.