Views of the Senior High School Students on the Department of Social Work

Purpose: The aim of this study is to find out the views of the senior high school students on the profession of social work. Method: The study was conducted on six different high schools in Ankara with 301 female and 149 male students, in total 450 volunteers. The data were analyzed by utilizing fre-quency distribution and chi-square (χ2) techniques. Findings: More than the half of the students (62,4%) have no information on the profession of social work. In their schools, this profes-sion has not been introduced to the vast majority of the students (94,7%). More than half thinks (59,6%) the image of the pro-fession is quite low. An overwhelming number of students (69,8%)do not consider to choose social work at the university admission exam. Among the reasons, of that is the fact that the social value of the profession is not understood by the society. Result: Students who are introduced in their schools with the profession and those who think the image of the profession is rather high in the society are tending to choose social work at the university admissions exam. Suggestion: It seems to be important to organize career days in high schools and perform works in order to increase the value of this profession in the eyes of the society