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Ethics and Economics There is an old proverb that says: It is about as difficult for a rich man to enter heaven as it is for a camel to slip through an eye of a needle. Perhaps that is so. However, that camel may have an ... Read More >>
SW 2.0: Social Media
How Tweet It Is: Social Tweeters Twitter had me at Mumbai. For Thanksgiving last year, I was driving from Boston, MA to visit my family in my hometown of Buffalo, NY. It was very easy to be unaware of the Mumbai, India attacks going ... Read More >>
Welcome, social work students and professionals! Read articles from the Summer 2009 edition of The New Social Worker magazine, now in its 16th year! While you're here--we have job listings, a lively discussion forum , our Calendar of Events, and more for you and your social work career!
Seeing is Not Believing: Group Supervision By Telephone I had always looked down on telephone supervision as inferior to face-to-face meetings. I even held the idea that it was a compromise in the worst sense, maybe even a sell-out—a watered-down, weak tea version of the “real thing.”... Read More >>
Research
The Evolution of a Social Work Researcher Research is a critical tool for all social workers. The process of becoming a researcher should start during social work education. This article will discuss, from the perspective of an undergraduate social work student and her professor, the transfo... Read More >>
Program Evaluation: Lessons From the Field Engaging in evidence-based research to support the viability of any program is acknowledged by funders to be vitally important to address such issues as accountability, credibility and, of course, sustainability. If program evaluation is, theoretical... Read More >>
Reflections on War Eleven years ago, in my first semester as an “adjunct” university faculty, I was invited to participate in a workshop for new classroom instructors. In our second session, one of the new faculty, a Ph.D. student, requested guidance on how... Read More >>
An MSW Student's Life: Summer 2009 Balance. It seems elusive these days. When last semester’s whirlwind of four classes, a 20-hour internship, and a 30-hour work week came to a screeching halt, I felt almost lost. I’d wake up wondering which bag I was packing (school or wo... Read More >>
Advertiser Index Summer 2009 Visit our advertisers for the Winter 2009 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. They are: Temple University Harrisburg—http://www.temple.edu/harrisburg Licensure Exams Inc.—http://socialworkexam.com... Read More >>
