Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: As population ageing looms larger, gerontological social work has emerged as an impor- tant area of practice across all cultures and nations. It is an important role of social work education to produce gerontologically competent professionals in this area. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the infusion of ageing-related content in social work curricula in New Zealand and Korean universities. In the study discussed here, data were obtained through the collection of documentary sources, and analysed utilising content analysis and concept-mapping techniques. The content of ageing in course descriptions and otherdocuments was systematically examined. The findings from the study show that there have been limited efforts to infuse ageing-related content in social work programmes in both countries. This cross-national comparison also reveals that there were significant differences in the level of emphasis on ageing issues between New Zealand and Korean social work curricula. Three different approaches were used to determine what and how ageing content was infused in current social work education.
Author: Hong‐Jae Park
Institution: University of Auckland
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2938491941