The personal contexts of undergraduate students in social work at UNISA
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Authors
Lintvelt, Rulene Annemie
Issue Date
2009-08-25T10:46:47Z
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
University of South Africa (UNISA) , Systems , Students , Stability and change , Constructivism , Conscious and unconscious experiences , Context , Department of Social Work , Family life cycle , Perception , Respondent , Self
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Abstract
The Department of Social Work at UNISA places the emphasis on developmental social work and trains students according to the Person Centred Approach which emphasises the uniqueness of each client. The question thus arises if this Department is indeed working with their students in a person-centred way, and if students think the Department lives out a person-centred philosophy. Exploring the personal contexts of students would give the Department of Social Work the oppor-tunity to try and find a fit between the personal contexts of students and the national requirements of training.
From a population of 114 fourth level students in Social Work at UNISA, a self-selected sample of 79% emerged. Focus is placed on the students' perceptions of following five areas: (1) the self, (2) family life and family of origin, (3) living and study conditions, (4) UNISA and social work training, (5) social work as future career.
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Citation
Lintvelt, Rulene Annemie (2009) The personal contexts of undergraduate students in social work at UNISA, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/794>