McFadden, Paula and Bloomberg, Helena and Kallio, Johanna and Kroll, Christian and McCartan, Claire and Flanagan, Niamh and Kirwin, Gloria and Pentaraki, Maria and Wilson, Elaine
(2024)
A Common Purpose? Social Work Students’ Social Justice Related Views in Finland and the island of Ireland.
The British Journal of Social Work, 54 (3).
pp. 1236-1255.
ISSN 0045-3102
Abstract
Exploring social work students’ views to understand how equipped they are to pursue
the social justice mission of the profession should be of central academic and practical
interest. There are, however, surprisingly few empirical studies focussing on social
work students’ views on social justice-related issues from a comparative viewpoint.
Such knowledge is thought to be of a wider international interest from a number of
perspectives, including social work education and student exchange and, in a wider
context, for the development of social work as a profession and for discussing the prerequisites for shared international notions of social work. This article explores the
views of social work students studying in different socio-economic contexts and
welfare regimes in relation to some key aspects assumed to be vital for the profession.
The results based on survey data from student cohorts in Finland (N ¼ 608) and the island of Ireland (N ¼ 279) support the general conclusion that there are important,
similar patterns of motivations and understandings amongst the students, despite substantial differences in histories, welfare state developments, current policies and social
conditions in various jurisdictions. The results are of interest to educators across countries internationally and provide an important basis for future similar studies.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
island of Ireland and Finland; motivations to career; poverty perceptions;
social justice; social work student survey; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Applied Social Studies |
| Item ID: |
19101 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad270 |
| Depositing User: |
Niamh Flanagan
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Oct 2024 14:02 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The British Journal of Social Work |
| Publisher: |
Oxford Academic |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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