Ram Cnaan, MSW, PhD

Professor
Associate Dean for Research
Chair, Doctoral Program in Social Welfare

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Research

Public Policy Attitudes And Curriculum Development

Description: This research will assess from a cross-cultural perspective what social work students perceive to be key social issues before they begin their educational program and in the last semester of their course work. We are interested in the impact of social work education.

Project Sponsors: Independently conducted

Dates: 1998-current

Project Staff:
Ram A. Cnaan, Principal Investigator (cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu)
Idit Weiss, Tel Aviv University
John Gal, Hebrew University

Research Sites:
United States, United Kingdom, France, and Israel

Project Related Publications:

Cnaan, Ram A., & Bergman, Shimon (1990). Construction of social problems by social work students. International Social Work, 33,157-174.

Cnaan, R. A. Teaching literature to highlight social policy issues. Journal of Social Work Education, 1989, 25 (3), 181-191.

Project Number: CNAA-98-04

Entry Date: September, 1998