(2017) Science and education, 4, 29-33. Odessa.

Viktoriia Korneshchuk,
Doctor of Pedagogy, professor,
Head of the Department of Social Work and Personnel Management,
Odessa National Polytechnic University,
1, Shevchenko Avenue, Odesa, Ukraine

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE SOCIAL
WORKERS: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE REVIEW

The article is dedicated to generalization of the experience of professional training of social workers in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Australia; the analysis of the specifics of such training in different countries; determination of priority forms and methods of training specialists in social work. As a result of the analysis, it has been found out that the positive experience of social workers training in other countries can be used in Ukraine, taking into account the peculiarities and traditions of the national higher school.

social work, social worker, professional training.

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