Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 10.17770/sie2021vol7.6189
Title: HELPING PROFESSIONS FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS : PERSPECTIVES OF THE GRADUATE STUDENTS
Authors: Pipere, Anita
Martinsone, Kristīne
Lubkina, Velta
Mārtinsone, Kristīne
Šneidere, Kristīne
Rīga Stradiņš University
Keywords: graduate students;thematic analysis;social problems;Social capital;professional practice;national planning documents;helping professions;5.3 Educational sciences;5.9 Other social sciences;5.4 Sociology;3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;SDG 4 - Quality Education;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Issue Date: 28-May-2021
Publisher: Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija
Citation: Pipere , A & Martinsone , K 2021 , HELPING PROFESSIONS FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS : PERSPECTIVES OF THE GRADUATE STUDENTS . in V Lubkina , K Mārtinsone & K Šneidere (eds) , Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education : starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference . vol. 7 : Psiholoģija , Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība , Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija , Rēzekne , pp. 159-170 , International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2021 , Rēzekne , Latvia , 28/05/21 . https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol7.6189
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Series/Report no.: Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība
Abstract: The paper aims to explore how future practitioners in helping professions grasp the wider societal problems and represent their professional practice in terms of social progress. The inquiry illustrates the perspectives of students by triangulation between their understanding of main societal issues in Latvia in the context of national planning documents (NPDs), social capital (SC), and expectations about their future work. Data of 34 first-year graduate students were collected using the open questionnaire and analyzed employing inductive and deductive thematic analysis. The largest group of societal issues contained the socio-psychological problems followed by economic challenges. Only half of the answers concerning SC were in tune with the theoretical conceptualization of this term. The students’ views on societal issues and SC did not align well with the NPDs. The mentioned socio-psychological problems contained the issues of relationship and value aspects of SC, omitting the social networks. One-third of answers in terms of professional expectations were related to the development of SC, other answers focused on the demands of external entities, and the students’ features. The views of graduate students can become an important signpost for the development of graduate programs in times of global interest in core competencies for helping professions.
DOI: 10.17770/sie2021vol7.6189
ISSN: 1691-5887
Appears in Collections:Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure

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