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2. How do social workers learn how to be a social worker?
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Coursework Direct clinical field placements Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) competencies Relationship with the field instructor All of the above
Figure 2. How do social workers learn how to be a social worker?
For the question, “How do social workers learn how to be a social worker?” two
things that stand out is that most respondents chose “all of the above” (n=24). This means
that 24 respondents chose “coursework, ” , “direct clinical field placements, ” “CSWE
competencies, ” and the “relationship with the field instructor” as all being integral in
learning how to be a social worker. The second thing that stands out is that only 5
participants chose “CSWE competencies” as being important in how we learn how to be
a social worker. However, these results are misleading. The responses to this question
were complicated by the fact that some of the participants checked off all of the options,
or checked off “all of the above,” and others checked off all of the options and checked
off “all of the above” . None of the participants checked “CSWE competencies” alone.
Thus, if we group together all of the respondents that chose all of the options whether by
checking them individually or choosing “all of the above,” then the number of
participants who chose all of the options rises to 26. Allowing participants to “select all
that apply” will be discussed further in Chapter 5.
