TY - JOUR
T1 - What does professionalization mean?-Tracing the trajectory of social work education in Taiwan
AU - Lin, Wan I.
AU - Wang, Kate Yeong Tsyr
N1 - Funding Information:
community development was the major measure used to do this. The idea of community development had been introduced by Mr Chang Hon-Chiung during the 1960s. Mr Chang was educated in social work in the US. Soon after retiring from his position at the United Nations, he promoted the idea of community development. The government put the idea into effect and with financial support from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Research and Training Center of Community Development was established.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - The purpose of this article is to review the history and recent developments of social work education in Taiwan. The influences from Taiwan's political, economic and social changes as well as the international diffusion of social work have led to the unique development of social work education in Taiwan. In this paper, various factors that are relevant to the status of social work education in Taiwan are discussed, including: (1) the origin of social work education; (2) the subsequent development of social work education; (3) the rapid expansion of social work education; (4) social work curricula before and after the late 1990s; and (5) teaching staff before and after the late 1990s. Finally, reflections on the development of Taiwan's social work education will be presented.
AB - The purpose of this article is to review the history and recent developments of social work education in Taiwan. The influences from Taiwan's political, economic and social changes as well as the international diffusion of social work have led to the unique development of social work education in Taiwan. In this paper, various factors that are relevant to the status of social work education in Taiwan are discussed, including: (1) the origin of social work education; (2) the subsequent development of social work education; (3) the rapid expansion of social work education; (4) social work curricula before and after the late 1990s; and (5) teaching staff before and after the late 1990s. Finally, reflections on the development of Taiwan's social work education will be presented.
KW - Professionalization
KW - Social Work Education
KW - Taiwan
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U2 - 10.1080/02615479.2010.517015
DO - 10.1080/02615479.2010.517015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149445120
SN - 0261-5479
VL - 29
SP - 869
EP - 881
JO - Social Work Education
JF - Social Work Education
IS - 8
ER -