FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRACTICE SKILLS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SOCIAL WORK IN VIETNAM

Abstract

The research results on the status of practical skills of college students of social work in
Vietnam showed that they were only average. This is a degree that indicates that a student has
only partially met a career skill. Therefore, in order to improve students' practical skills, it is
important to find out the factors that affect the practical skills from the perspective of theory to
practice. Because only when determining the factors, the degree of influence and the impact, it
is possible to design and build the appropriate impact measures to improve students' practical
skills. The study surveyed 174 students from different educational institutions to evaluate the
impact level of each factor, predict the impact and change if the factors were scientifically
intervened. The research results show that, among the two groups of subjective factors and
objective factors included in the study, specifically: attitude factors, students' motivations for
learning, factors in terms of future career consciousness and orientation, elements of training
programs and teaching staff, factors of supervisors and facilities of practice facilities), the two
groups of factors that have a strong influence on students' practical skills are the group of
factors of consciousness and future career orientation (belonging to the group of subjective
factors) and the group of factors of the supervisors (belonging to the group of objective factors)
correspond to the coefficient P = 0.51 and P = 0.60. On the other hand, with the average P
coefficient of 0.48, the factors included in the survey are of scientific value and have a strong
influence on the practical skills of students in social work in Vietnam.