Abstract
Digitalization in social work is part of a set of transformations that, with lights and shadows,
entails social workers more and more utilizing ICT in their professional practice. Necessarily,
educators in social work education are involved in such changes. Nonetheless many open
questions remain to be answered regarding social workers’ skills and the redefinition of
social work practice in welfare services. After a short literature review on digital skills in
social work and social work education, this article gives some food for thoughts, based
on an exploratory research on bachelor and master degrees in Social Work provided by
Italian universities. This research is aimed to survey contents related to digitalization in
curricula, investigate innovative teaching activities, and get to know degree coordinators’
opinions, interests and priorities on digitalization.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Digitalization and Social work education: an Italian overview |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 227-244 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Politiche Sociali |
| Volume | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Social work education, training, digitalization, social workers, university degrees.