Profil społeczno-motywacyjny osób podejmujących studia na kierunku praca socjalna. Badania porównawcze
Socio-Motivational Profile of Candidates Undertaking their Studies in Social Work Major: A Comparative Study

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to understand the circumstances and motivations of people to undertake studies in social work major. The project was comparative; it included respondents from Poland, Germany and Ukraine, and it was carried out at the Chair of Social Pedagogy, Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation at the University of Warsaw, during the academic year 2008/2009. The three countries covered by the study have different historical backgrounds and have adopted different models for social workers education. The profession of the social worker is among those seen as more often practiced by women. It was assumed that one of the possible factors of such professional choice could be the family background. The respondents were most often brought up in large families in which they were older brothers or sisters. In all the environments under study, social work students come from the families with a relatively high educational level, with mothers slightly better educated than fathers. A relatively high percentage of mothers are professionally involved in social services. It seems that personal and family experience in giving and receiving help, its heterogeneity and nature, determine the way in which social work and its aims are understood and motivate people to take up studies in social work major. Due to the limited scope of the study, its conclusions included in the article should be seen as preliminary and as the introduction to the discussion on the vision of the profession and on factors motivating the choice of social work major.

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