Teaching Social Work Ethics for Contemporary Practice: An Effectiveness Evaluation

Abstract

Although courses in professional-ethics are taught at only a few schools of social work, there is interest in their inclusion in the curriculum across the continuum from the BSW to the doctoral level. This article presents an empirical study designed to compare the effectiveness of two models of teaching professional ethics at the master's level: the pervasive method–an integrated approach whereby ethical content is infused throughout the curriculum–and a discrete course. The findings suggest that the pervasive model is not adequate for teaching systematic ethical analysis and decision making.

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