9.6 Key Takeaways and Discussion Questions
Included in this section are tools for the reader to refresh and retain the knowledge. A Key Takeaway serves one of three purposes:
- highlighting an especially complex aspect of the chapter;
- summarizing an overarching idea; or
- emphasizing an idea that invites the reader to think about it more deeply, to connect to life experiences, and/or additional learnings.
Discussion Questions are recommended for individual reflection or class discussion.
Key Takeaways
- Engaging in research such as informational interviews and web page analysis will help ensure that you invest your fieldwork time in an agency that is a good fit for you.
- Organizational culture is both formal (artifacts, values) and informal (underlying assumptions). The most congruent agencies will have formal and informal cultures that align, but not all workplaces are congruent.
- Degrees and licenses are complicated, vary from state to state, and can change over time. It is very important that you access current local information when you are making decisions about degrees and licenses.
Discussion Questions
- How does your personal story play a role in your career? Have you seen yourself professionally? Consider intersectionality like the few identities below.
- What are the qualifications you need for the career path you want? What degrees, licenses, certificates or other qualifications do you need?
- At this point in your education,what do you see as the next steps in your career path?
Comprehension Check
Licenses and Attributions
“Key Takeaways and Discussion Questions” by Elizabeth B. Pearce and Yvonne M. Smith LCSW is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Revised by Martha Ochoa-Leyva.
system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that show people what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior in a particular agency or workplace.
race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, and other aspects of identity are experienced simultaneously and the meanings of each identity overlaps with and influences the others leading to overlapping inequalities
socially created and poorly defined categorization of people into groups on basis of real or perceived physical characteristics that has been used to oppress some groups
the socially constructed perceptions of what it means to be male, female or nonbinary in the way you present to society