FIELD EDUCATION: EXPLORING THE FUTURE, EXPANDING THE VISION.

The "Journal of Social Work Education" is introducing a special section of articles on field education in social work. Topics discussed are: instructional mission of social work; pressures from changes in the social and organizational environment; pressures from within the academic environment; instructional and vision of field education; development of interdisciplinary team training; exchange of knowledge between the academy and the community; effect of social problems on social work practitioners and students; impact of social work programs on the structure and delivery of field education to students; factors that students identified as important for a group climate to facilitate learning.