Integrating Research Proposals Into a Field Seminar: Feedback From Students

Abstract

Teaching research to social work students continues to be the topic of an ongoing dialog within the profession. The literature suggests that some form of a “real-world” or “hands-on” learning opportunity has many benefits for teaching a subject that students often are reluctant to engage in. Using online survey methods, researchers gathered feedback from graduate students and their field supervisors about their experience of completing a field seminar that integrated an agency-based research proposal as part of the course requirement. Although there were limitations to this approach, many of the same benefits of actually implementing research were reported by students who completed only a proposal.

KEYWORDS:

• teaching research
• field seminar
• research integration

Notes

¹ All reported percentages are valid percentages based on the number of respondents answering the particular question.