The Factors that Influence the Readiness of Final Year Social Work Students for Industrial Training
Industrial Training is one of the compulsory course taken by final year social work students. This course is aimed for social work students to make thorough preparations before joining the real work environment. Using data obtained from online surveys, this study focused on factors influencing t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2018
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Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5557/1/FH02-FSSG-19-33219.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5557/ |
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Summary: | Industrial Training is one of the compulsory course
taken by final year social work students. This course is aimed for
social work students to make thorough preparations before
joining the real work environment. Using data obtained from
online surveys, this study focused on factors influencing their
readiness to undergo industrial training as well as the knowledge
and skills needed. Data were obtained from 152 final year social
work students subdivided into groups of 129 females and 23
males and the data was analyzed using descriptive data. The
descriptive data were reported as frequency and percentage to
show the student readiness. The results show that final year
social work student is ready to undergo industrial training due to
the most influential factors which is students received a great
support from the lecturers. Therefore, it was recommended in
this study that industrial training is necessary and compulsory as
a requirement to fulfill the university’s curriculum. |
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