Pulver, Caroline; Matti, Thomas (2021). Personality development as part of social work studies—Results from a panel study with data from the beginning of the study programme Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung, 11(2), pp. 403-420. Springer 10.1007/s35834-021-00312-8
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Personal development is important in social work. To support students in working on their personal development, a better understanding of who studies social work and what previous experience did they make are vital. These considerations also mark the beginning of the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) progress study, which is presented in the following article. The first sub study of the progress study, which is designed as a cohort and panel study, focuses on questions about socio-cultural background, educational background, personality traits and the motivation behind the students’ decision to study. From the data obtained we can identify several topics which are important for personality development in a study programme: The degree programme in social work is conspicuously gender-segregated. In addition, the students’ educational background and the educational background of their parents indicate a strong career orientation (as opposed to a strong academic orientation), which is important for planning learning strategies and opportunities. Based on the students’ personality traits, students’ strengths can be detected and used as an entry point for further personality development. Students’ motives for choosing to study are always related to life experiences. The motivation to grow as a person is already part of the motivation to choose social work as a course of study and can be used for further personal development.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
School of Social Work > S Teaching School of Social Work |
Name: |
Pulver, Caroline https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3840-3556 and Matti, Thomas |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe) |
ISSN: |
2190-6890 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Caroline Pulver |
Date Deposited: |
11 Aug 2021 11:18 |
Last Modified: |
26 Sep 2021 01:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s35834-021-00312-8 |
ARBOR DOI: |
10.24451/arbor.15226 |
URI: |
https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/15226 |
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