한국 사회복지교육의 실태와 개선방향

Abstract

The aim of this study is to suggest improvement plans for the curriculum of social welfare education through the investigation of present conditions of social welfare education in Korea which was carried out by the survey of membership colleges of Korean Council on Social Welfare Education(KCSWE) and field social workers. As a method of research, an interview was done covering not only departments and 550 professors of 80 membership colleges of KCSWE in the nation but also 2,302 field social workers, and the result was analyzed. The result is good enough to suggest some points. First, the curriculum of social welfare education needs revision to meet the demands of the times, and 51 credits of required subjects, added 9 more credits than before, must be provided. Second, both professors and social workers agreed on enhancing field practicum by extending the current 120 hours to enhanced 160 hours or more and increasing the minimum credits to six. Third, both professors and social workers agreed on the need for controlling the quality of social workers in order to tackle the problem of over-supply of social workers and keep the balance between demands and supplies. Therefore, the concerned social work educators and administrators will have to make every effort to improve the social welfare education, which includes various issues such as social welfare curriculum, social work field practicum and social work licensure, in a way that best fits the interests of social workers in Korea, by extensively investigating the similar cases from foreign countries.