Research into the hardware construction mode of social work laboratory: based on the case study of the social work laboratories in seven institutions of higher education in Beijing and Wuhan

Abstract

With the development of the social work profession in China, the demand for Social Work graduates is growing. In order to meet the manpower need for social workers, various colleges and universities have set up training programmes for the social work profession, and the need for social work labs which are considered a required facility for professional social work education is also rapidly growing. However, because of the lack of adequately trained professional social workers, there is no consensus among social work academics as to how social work labs should be set up. Based on a literature review and empirical research, this paper summarises and analyses the experiences of how social work labs have been set up in Beijing and Wuhan, both in terms of hardware and software, to meet professional requirements.

随着社会工作专业在国内的发展，社会工作专业毕业生的需求也越来越大。为了满足社会对于社会工作者的需要，各个大专院校纷纷设立社会工作训练课程，而作为专业社工教育基础设施的社会工作实验室的需求也随之增加。但是，由于国内欠缺适当训练的专业社工，社会工作学界在如何建设社会工作实验室没有达成共识。本论文通过文献研究和实地调研的方法，并对比分析北京、武汉地区高校建设社会工作实验室的经验和使用情况，进而对如何建设满足专业需求的社会工作实验室的功能分区和硬件配备进行阐述。

Keywords:

• Social work
• social work laboratory
• hardware

Acknowledgements

The data about social work laboratories of higher education institutions involved in this paper remains valid until the end of 2013. Thanks are due to Instructor Hou Xin of China Youth University for Political Sciences for her careful guidance in writing of this paper, and the Social Work teachers of the seven higher education institutions in Beijing and Wuhan for their support during the investigation. The author takes sole responsibility for his views.