The Effect of Distance Education in Social Work on Field and Program Competencies of Social Worker Candidates during the Pandemic (COVID-19) Process

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The Effect of Distance Education in Social Work on Field and Program Competencies of Social Worker Candidates during the Pandemic (COVID-19) Process

Yazarlar:

Erol Karaca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.1-24

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285597

pISSN:

1309-9302

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 The main purpose of this study is to determine how the distance social work education experienced by the students of the social work department during the pandemic process affect the field and program competencies required by the social work profession, through a scale developed. For this main purpose, it has been investigated how the social work students perception levels of field and program competency during the pandemic process and what the variables affecting these perception levels are. In this research, which is in the comparative type relational survey model, the participants are 414 students studying in Social Work Undergraduate Programs in the 2021-2022 academic year. In determining the sample size, the number corresponding to 95 confidence level and 5 acceptable margin of error according to the number constituting the research population and the number that is 5 times the number of items in the scale were taken as basis. The data were collected through the Social Work Department Field and Program Competencies Perception Scale SWDFPCPS developed by the researcher. SWDFPCPS consists of two parts. In the first part of the scale, there are 15 questions to determine the personal and demographic information of the students and their attitudes towards distance education and distance social work education, and in the second part, there are 17 items related to the field and program competencies of social work department on a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 5 choices, from 1Strongly Disagree to 5Strongly Agree. SPSS 21.00 statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. Exploratory factor analysis and varimax rotation technique were used to understand whether the SWDFPCPS consists of items measuring the same quality. The reliability coefficient of SWDFPCPS was calculated with the Cronbach α formula, and the relationship between the response given to each item in the scale and the total score obtained from the scale was calculated using the Item-Total Correlation technique. The field and program competency perceptions of the students receiving social work education in Turkey were evaluated using the median, mode and arithmetic mean on the basis of all scales. The results revealed that the scale used in the collection of data in the research is valid and reliable, the distance education process affects the field and program competence perceptions of social worker candidates. At the same time, the findings from this study show that age, satisfaction with receiving social work education remotely, the benefits and effectiveness of the methods and tools used in the distance education process are important variables that affect competence perceptions of social work students.

 The main purpose of this study is to determine how the distance social work education experienced by the students of the social work department during the pandemic process affect the field and program competencies required by the social work profession, through a scale developed. For this main purpose, it has been investigated how the social work students perception levels of field and program competency during the pandemic process and what the variables affecting these perception levels are. In this research, which is in the comparative type relational survey model, the participants are 414 students studying in Social Work Undergraduate Programs in the 2021-2022 academic year. In determining the sample size, the number corresponding to 95 confidence level and 5 acceptable margin of error according to the number constituting the research population and the number that is 5 times the number of items in the scale were taken as basis. The data were collected through the Social Work Department Field and Program Competencies Perception Scale SWDFPCPS developed by the researcher. SWDFPCPS consists of two parts. In the first part of the scale, there are 15 questions to determine the personal and demographic information of the students and their attitudes towards distance education and distance social work education, and in the second part, there are 17 items related to the field and program competencies of social work department on a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 5 choices, from 1Strongly Disagree to 5Strongly Agree. SPSS 21.00 statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. Exploratory factor analysis and varimax rotation technique were used to understand whether the SWDFPCPS consists of items measuring the same quality. The reliability coefficient of SWDFPCPS was calculated with the Cronbach α formula, and the relationship between the response given to each item in the scale and the total score obtained from the scale was calculated using the Item-Total Correlation technique. The field and program competency perceptions of the students receiving social work education in Turkey were evaluated using the median, mode and arithmetic mean on the basis of all scales. The results revealed that the scale used in the collection of data in the research is valid and reliable, the distance education process affects the field and program competence perceptions of social worker candidates. At the same time, the findings from this study show that age, satisfaction with receiving social work education remotely, the benefits and effectiveness of the methods and tools used in the distance education process are important variables that affect competence perceptions of social work students.

 The main purpose of this study is to determine how the distance social work education experienced by the students of the social work department during the pandemic process affect the field and program competencies required by the social work profession, through a scale developed. For this main purpose, it has been investigated how the social work students perception levels of field and program competency during the pandemic process and what the variables affecting these perception levels are. In this research, which is in the comparative type relational survey model, the participants are 414 students studying in Social Work Undergraduate Programs in the 2021-2022 academic year. In determining the sample size, the number corresponding to 95 confidence level and 5 acceptable margin of error according to the number constituting the research population and the number that is 5 times the number of items in the scale were taken as basis. The data were collected through the Social Work Department Field and Program Competencies Perception Scale SWDFPCPS developed by the researcher. SWDFPCPS consists of two parts. In the first part of the scale, there are 15 questions to determine the personal and demographic information of the students and their attitudes towards distance education and distance social work education, and in the second part, there are 17 items related to the field and program competencies of social work department on a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 5 choices, from 1Strongly Disagree to 5Strongly Agree. SPSS 21.00 statistical package program was used in the analysis of the data. Exploratory factor analysis and varimax rotation technique were used to understand whether the SWDFPCPS consists of items measuring the same quality. The reliability coefficient of SWDFPCPS was calculated with the Cronbach α formula, and the relationship between the response given to each item in the scale and the total score obtained from the scale was calculated using the Item-Total Correlation technique. The field and program competency perceptions of the students receiving social work education in Turkey were evaluated using the median, mode and arithmetic mean on the basis of all scales. The results revealed that the scale used in the collection of data in the research is valid and reliable, the distance education process affects the field and program competence perceptions of social worker candidates. At the same time, the findings from this study show that age, satisfaction with receiving social work education remotely, the benefits and effectiveness of the methods and tools used in the distance education process are important variables that affect competence perceptions of social work students.

 Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, sosyal hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin pandemi sürecinde deneyimledikleri uzaktan eğitimin sosyal hizmet mesleğinin gerektirdiği alan ve program yeterliklerini nasıl etkilediğini saptamaktır. Bu temel amaç doğrultusunda sosyal hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin pandemi sürecinde alan ve program yeterlik algı düzeylerinin nasıl olduğu ve bu algı düzeylerini etkileyen değişkenlerin neler olduğu araştırılmıştır. Karşılaştırmalı türden ilişkisel tarama modelinde olan bu araştırmanın katılımcılarını; 2021-2022 öğretim yılında Sosyal Hizmet Lisans Programlarında öğrenim gören 414 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem büyüklüğünün belirlenmesinde araştırma evrenini oluşturan sayıya göre 95 güven düzeyi ve 5 kabul edilebilir hata payına karşılık gelen sayı ile ölçekteki madde sayısının 5 katına karşılık gelen sayı esas alınmıştır. Veriler, araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen ve iki bölümden oluşan Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü Alan ve Program Yeterlikleri Algı Ölçeği SHBAYAÖ ile toplanmıştır. Ölçeğin birinci bölümünde öğrencilerin kişisel ve demografik bilgileri ile uzaktan eğitime ve uzaktan sosyal hizmet eğitimine ilişkin tutumlarını saptamaya yönelik 15 soru, ikinci bölümünde ise sosyal hizmet bölümünün alan ve program yeterliklerine ilişkin Kesinlikle Katılıyorum1dan Kesinlikle Katılmıyorum5e kadar beş seçenek içeren 5li Likert tipi 17 madde yer almaktadır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 21.00 istatistik paket programı kullanılmıştır. SHBAPYAÖnün aynı niteliği ölçen maddelerden oluşup oluşmadığını anlamak için açımlayıcı faktör analizi ve varimax rotasyon tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. SHBAPYAÖnün güvenirlik katsayısı Cronbach α formülüyle, ölçekteki her bir maddeye verilen tepki ile ölçekten alınan toplam puan arasındaki ilişki ise Madde-Toplam Korelasyonu tekniğiyle hesaplanmıştır. Türkiyede sosyal hizmet eğitimi alan öğrencilerin alan ve program yeterlik algıları tüm ölçek bazında ortanca, mod ve aritmetik ortalama kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları araştırmada verilerin toplanmasında kullanılan ölçeğin geçerli ve güvenilir olduğunu, uzaktan eğitim sürecinin sosyal çalışmacı adaylarının alan ve program yeterlik algılarını etkilediğini ve yaş, sosyal çalışma eğitimini uzaktan almaktan duyulan memnuniyet, uzaktan eğitim sürecinde kullanılan yöntem ve araçların yararı ve etkinliği konusundaki görüşlerin sosyal çalışma öğrencilerinin alan ve program yeterlik algılarını etkileyen önemli değişkenler olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Makale detayları

The Effect of Distance Education in Social Work on Field and Program Competencies of Social Worker Candidates during the Pandemic (COVID-19) Process

Yazarlar:

Erol Karaca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.1-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285597

pISSN:

1309-9302

Distance Education

Distance education in social work

Competence

Perception of competence

Competence perception scale

Uzaktan eğitim

Uzaktan sosyal hizmet eğitimi

Yeterlik

Yeterlik algısı

Yeterlik algısı ölçeği

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Erol Karaca

Yayıncı: Ordu University

Dergi: Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.1-24

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001285597

pISSN: 1309-9302

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Erol Karaca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.1-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001285597

pISSN:

1309-9302