TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Work Faculty Interest in Aging
T2 - Impact of Education, Knowledge, Comfort, and Experience
AU - Wang, Donna
AU - Ihara, Emily
AU - Chonody, Jill
AU - Krase, Kathryn
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - As the need for gerontological social workers increases, it is important to assess faculty interest in strengthening and bolstering this area in the classroom and curriculum. This study sought to compare training and experience of social work faculty that identified aging as a teaching or research interest with faculty who did not, and to identify predictors of aging interest among faculty. A national sample of social work faculty members was recruited, and a total of 609 individuals participated in the study. The findings reveal that faculty with an interest in aging differed from nonaging faculty in the areas of knowledge of older adults, personal and paid experience, and graduate and continuing education. In addition, predictors of interest in aging included taking a graduate course, continuing education units, having paid and volunteer experience, level of knowledge of older adults, and comfort level of covering content on aging in the classroom. The connection between social work faculty and student interest in aging are discussed as implications for further social work research and education.
AB - As the need for gerontological social workers increases, it is important to assess faculty interest in strengthening and bolstering this area in the classroom and curriculum. This study sought to compare training and experience of social work faculty that identified aging as a teaching or research interest with faculty who did not, and to identify predictors of aging interest among faculty. A national sample of social work faculty members was recruited, and a total of 609 individuals participated in the study. The findings reveal that faculty with an interest in aging differed from nonaging faculty in the areas of knowledge of older adults, personal and paid experience, and graduate and continuing education. In addition, predictors of interest in aging included taking a graduate course, continuing education units, having paid and volunteer experience, level of knowledge of older adults, and comfort level of covering content on aging in the classroom. The connection between social work faculty and student interest in aging are discussed as implications for further social work research and education.
KW - aging
KW - faculty
KW - gerontological social work education
KW - social work pedagogy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880984111&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02701960.2012.718010
DO - 10.1080/02701960.2012.718010
M3 - Article
C2 - 23384033
AN - SCOPUS:84880984111
SN - 0270-1960
VL - 34
SP - 257
EP - 271
JO - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
JF - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
IS - 3
ER -