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Original Articles

The Implicit Curriculum in an Urban University Setting: Pathways to Students’ Empowerment

Pages 630-647 | Accepted 01 Apr 2013, Published online: 01 Oct 2014
 

Abstract

Professional schools are developing conceptual frameworks that can be used to assess and improve implicit curricula. Students’ professional empowerment, defined to include perceived professional competence and identity, may be considered a vital outcome of these efforts. Our study evaluated measures and tested a path model that included perceptions of characteristics of implicit curricula (i.e., faculty and staff diversity, supportive faculty, opportunity role structure, and access to information) and mediating variables (i.e., participation, sense of community, and feeling valued by the school) as predictors of professional empowerment. Respondents were students (N = 423) of a school of social work in the northeast. Results supported the validity of the scales and fit of the hypothesized model. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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Notes on contributors

N. Andrew Peterson

N. Andrew Peterson is associate professor, Antoinette Y. Farmer is associate professor and associate dean, and Allison Zippay is professor and director of the PhD program in social work at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Antoinette Y. Farmer

N. Andrew Peterson is associate professor, Antoinette Y. Farmer is associate professor and associate dean, and Allison Zippay is professor and director of the PhD program in social work at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Allison Zippay

N. Andrew Peterson is associate professor, Antoinette Y. Farmer is associate professor and associate dean, and Allison Zippay is professor and director of the PhD program in social work at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

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