Overview
Social work education has the potential to be transformative, consciousness raising, and to produce social change while inspiring hope in students for the creation of more just systems. An understanding of oppression, its diverse manifestations, and its differential impact on vulnerable individuals and groups is essential to contemporary social work education. What then is the best manner in which to prepare educators for the immensely important, complex, and multidimensional role as teacher of social work? Most social work instructors learn to teach through trial and error, bringing their own style, experiences, and preferences to the endeavour rather than having a formal program of education and instruction on how to best educate and instruct. This book addresses the complex and uncertain field of social work education, gathering together thirty experienced professors and practitioners who teach in BSW, MSW, and PhD programs. Together, the contributors create a framework for social work educators to reflect on how they teach, why they teach in specific ways, and what works best for teaching in the discipline of social work.
Full Product Details
Author: Rick Csiernik ,
Susan Hillock
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.580kg
ISBN: 9781487503826
ISBN 10: 1487503822
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 21 December 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
This book makes a contribution to the field of social work education in three major areas: pedagogical perspectives, teaching practice, and some of the common issues in teaching. Supported by scholarship based on current literature, the authors critically engage readers in reviewing the current knowledge and building on it with their own contributions. - Gabriela Novotna, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina This is a welcome and timely addition to the current literature on social work education and teaching in Canada. - Siu Ming Kwok, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
""This book makes a contribution to the field of social work education in three major areas: pedagogical perspectives, teaching practice, and some of the common issues in teaching. Supported by scholarship based on current literature, the authors critically engage readers in reviewing the current knowledge and building on it with their own contributions."" --Gabriela Novotna, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina ""This is a welcome and timely addition to the current literature on social work education and teaching in Canada."" --Siu Ming Kwok, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
Author Information
Rick Csiernik is a professor in the School of Social Work at King's University College. Susan Hillock is a professor of social work at Trent University.
