Validating Social Work Student Value Theme Perceptions Using the Emerging Values Model

The objective of this work is to evaluate the validity of the Emerging Values Model (EV) through a replication of the Values Team Study (VTS) and create a comparable analysis with the previous work, "Social Work Student Perceptions of Group Work and the Presence of Value Themes that Correspond...

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Published inJournal of social work values and ethics Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 53
Main Authors Williamson-Ashe, Sandra R, Ericksen, Kirsten S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Harrisburg White Hat Communications 01.04.2019
Subjects
Classification
Collaboration
Group work
Learning
Participation
Perceptions
Skills
Social work education
Work values
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Summary:The objective of this work is to evaluate the validity of the Emerging Values Model (EV) through a replication of the Values Team Study (VTS) and create a comparable analysis with the previous work, "Social Work Student Perceptions of Group Work and the Presence of Value Themes that Correspond to Group Work Success" by Williamson-Ashe and Ericksen (2017). The results and analysis highlight the validation and importance of both peer and group work values and reduces the categories from four to three, leaving the categories of decisionmaking and problem-solving (DP), skills (SC), and collaboration (CC). The majority of student responses convey the idea that equal effort group collaboration is a valuable skill that aids students in becoming better and a more successful student where problem-solving skills are refined, and those skills produce an effective tool for learning. Students indicate that the greatest barrier to group work participation is scheduling time to meet outside of class hours because of life's responsibilities. The results and analysis of the study highlight the validation and importance of both values, peer and group work, and the three noted categories, DP, SC, CC, that are central to identifying what student's value in the small group work process.
ISSN:1553-6947