The first formative experience in Posgrate in Social Work in Spain: the Public University of Navarra

Abstract

With the EHEA, each university has developed varied specialization strategies (graduate and post- graduate) and lifelong learning. In this last decade, the followed paths by each discipline area have not always been converging, either.To be able to deepen, this article presents the main results obtained in the formation of post-graduate / Master’s degree in Social Work in The Public University of Navarre for being the first university in setting it in motion and being the one which prompted its introduction in Higher Education in Spain. For it, quantitative information provided by the previously mentioned university post-graduate section- has been gathered about students. Likewise, intern satisfaction surveys about the Master’s degree have been analysed and, in the case of professors, the reports and self reports submitted on ANECA request.The outcomes point out this Master’s degree is an ideal tool for a bigger efficient employment of its graduates, above all, for the flexibility of the academic offer, the specialization options and the socio-political acknowledgement. In its trajectory, it has reached and maintained a high formative quality level to carry out the realisation of investigation, academic and professional tasks.The obtained results set an example of an adequate interrelation of contents and teaching strategies interested in responding to the challenges of a complex socio-economic context with professional profiles with a high specialization degree and with ability to deal with a more diverse and multidimensional theorical and practical body.

Keywords

• máster
• doctorado
• trabajo social
• estudios de posgrado
• navarra