Socialinio darbo studentų požiūris į tarptautinį socialinį darbą
Mykolo Romerio universitetas |
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2014 |
aktyviausiai tai skatina juos daryti dėstytojai, kurie iš esmės tampa pagrindiniais įsitraukimo į TSD iniciatoriais universitete. Apibendrinat tyrimo duomenis galima teigti, kad universitetas sudaro galimybes įsitraukti į TSD veiklas, tačiau studentai jomis pasinaudoja tik iš dalies. Viena iš galimų tokio reiškinio priežasčių gali būti mažas viešosios nuomonės ir profesinio socialinio darbo lauko dėmesys TSD Lietuvoje.
More than one half of the participating students did not communicate with foreign students during their studies, but almost one half of the respondents met foreign clients during field placement. It seems that social reality is more favourable for international social work than university environment. On the other hand, data shows that universities put a big emphasis on internationalization. The students defined that they often participated in international conferences, lectures, projects, seminars. Teachers were defined as the main factor, which encouraged students to get involved into international social work activities at home or abroad. Students’ opinion reflects public (and professional) opinion, which is more favourable to local than international understanding of social work. International social work in Lithuania is understood in its narrow definition (as the first form defined by Seden et al.). The situation reminds the discussions at the end of the 20th century in Lithuania about what social work is, why it is needed, etc. Similarly now, the notion of international social work has to prove its necessity to Lithuanian researchers and practitioners.