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Kuilema, Joseph; Schwander, Lissa; Alford, Kristen; Venema, Rachel; Hoeksema, Stacia – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
This teaching note discusses a teach-in organized in response to a racist incident on a college campus. An examination of the history of teach-ins demonstrates that social work educators have been involved with them since the beginning of the profession, and the method is a natural fit for social work given its historic role. Social work educators…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Racial Bias, Incidence, Campuses
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Siegel, Deborah H.; Smith, Megan C.; Melucci, Sara C. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
This article presents the conceptual underpinnings of a homelessness intervention program, accompanied by a social work course, that provide direct services and cause advocacy with and on behalf of people experiencing homelessness. A program goal is to educate students in social work, medicine, law, pharmacy, public health, and nursing?about…
Descriptors: Social Work, Homeless People, College Students, Partnerships in Education
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Wagaman, M. Alex; Alessi, Edward J.; Goffnett, Jacob; Watts, Keith J.; Iacono, Giovanni; Thomas, De'Shay; Paceley, Megan S.; Craig, Shelley L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
The Council on Social Work Education mandates that students be prepared to work competently across lines of difference. Research suggests that social work programs have inadequate curricula for preparing students to work with LGBTQ+ people, and can be unsupportive of the needs of LGBTQ+ students. Little is understood about the experiences of…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Social Bias, LGBTQ People, Inclusion
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Hasson, Robert G.; Sellers, Christina M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
Competent social work practice includes the use of advocacy to promote equal opportunity and justice for all individuals, particularly those living in vulnerable circumstances. Group role-play exercises are an innovative teaching method that can promote advocacy skills guided by social work values and the code of ethics. Group role-play exercises…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Role Playing, Advocacy, Social Justice
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Aguiniga, Donna M.; Bowers, Pam H. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
In addition to direct practice skills, social work students need to become familiar and competent with macrolevel approaches to addressing youth and transgender youth homelessness. Service-learning courses provide an effective approach for students to learn the necessary knowledge and skills. In two sections of an upper-division social work…
Descriptors: Social Work, Homeless People, Models, Service Learning
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Hitchcock, Laurel Iverson; Peterson, Dawn Taylor; Debiasi, Laura; Shipman, Sallie; Varley, Allyson; White, Marjorie Lee – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Previous research suggests many health care professionals and students, including those in social work, have limited understanding of the causes and implications of poverty. Effective and relevant education is needed to train health care professionals to relate to those living in poverty. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of…
Descriptors: Poverty, Social Work, Critical Thinking, Simulation