Teaching Practice Evaluation to Field Instructors

Abstract

Field instructors tend to be inadequately trained in the use of single-systems designs to evaluate practice. This paper presents the results from a survey of 22 field instructors affiliated with a B.S.W. program. The instructors were divided into 3 groups for comparison: instructors who participated in three hours of specialized training designed to increase their knowledge of single-systems technology, nonparticipant instructors who reported a prior background in single-systems design, and nonparticipant instructors with no such prior background. Results indicated that participants felt more knowledgeable about single-systems designs, had greater comfort initiating discussions with students about such designs, and were more likely to assist students with single-systems design projects than the nonparticipant with no prior background group.