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Exploring the importance of feminist identity in social work education
- Author:
- CHARTER Mollie Lazar
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 41(2), 2021, pp.117-134.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Feminist identity, which allows those who support feminist ideals to establish themselves as being interested in reducing gender-based oppression, has been connected to increased commitment to collective action. However, feminist stigma and a postfeminist perception may have created ambivalence for many when considering a feminist identity. This conceptual article explores the importance of feminist identity, indicating that, in part, the stigmatization of feminists and a postfeminist standpoint work to prevent feminist activism, and that a social work stance is needed that promotes feminism and feminist identity, especially among social work students. This conceptual article examines feminist identity with a focus on intersectionality; posits that feminist identity is a social work issue; identifies challenges with claiming a feminist identity; and suggests methods for incorporating feminism into social work education. The main findings are methods that social work educators can utilize to increase feminist awareness, including claiming a feminist identity themselves; engaging in rigorous intersectional feminist education; and pushing for a stronger mandate to include content on oppression in social work education whereby students may be better prepared to conceptualize how sexism shapes the lives of the clients they strive to help. (Edited publisher abstract)
Raising standards: social work education in England 2007-08: summary
- Author:
- GENERAL SOCIAL CARE COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- General Social Care Council
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The number of men pursuing a career in social work has fallen for the third consecutive year, new figures from the General Social Care Council (GSCC) reveal. Men make up just 13 per cent of the workforce, down three per cent on last year’s figures, leading to calls for further research into the shortage and strategies to reverse the trend.The findings are published in Raising Standards: Social work education in England 2007-2008, the GSCC’s annual report looking at the overall picture of social work education and training in England. It finds that the degree is preparing students for the start of their career in social work but the support and ongoing training once they enter the workplace needs to be strengthened. Covering the academic year 2007-2008 (and therefore prior to recent high profile child protection cases), it finds that overall student numbers have remained the same as the previous year. However, in some areas, degree courses are not running because there is not enough demand, yet in other areas employers are struggling to recruit enough graduates. The GSCC makes an urgent call for a model of workforce supply and demand to ensure that the right numbers of social workers are being trained in the right regions
Raising standards: social work education in England 2007-08
- Author:
- GENERAL SOCIAL CARE COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- General Social Care Council
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The number of men pursuing a career in social work has fallen for the third consecutive year, new figures from the General Social Care Council (GSCC) reveal. Men make up just 13 per cent of the workforce, down three per cent on last year’s figures, leading to calls for further research into the shortage and strategies to reverse the trend.The findings are published in Raising Standards: Social work education in England 2007-2008, the GSCC’s annual report looking at the overall picture of social work education and training in England. It finds that the degree is preparing students for the start of their career in social work but the support and ongoing training once they enter the workplace needs to be strengthened. Covering the academic year 2007-2008 (and therefore prior to recent high profile child protection cases), it finds that overall student numbers have remained the same as the previous year. However, in some areas, degree courses are not running because there is not enough demand, yet in other areas employers are struggling to recruit enough graduates. The GSCC makes an urgent call for a model of workforce supply and demand to ensure that the right numbers of social workers are being trained in the right regions
Possible approach to gender and sex in social work
- Author:
- BRANICA Vanja
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 11(2), 2004, pp.301-310.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
This article provides an overview the contents of a seminar on 'Gender issues in social work' held at the Department of Social Work at the University of Zagreb. The first part refers to the process of socialisation and its influence on forming the identity of a woman. It also discusses the distribution of power between men and women. In the second part several suggestions are given for further social work with women. [Article in Croatian].
Subjugated knowledge in gender-integrated social work education: call for a dialogue
- Authors:
- FIGUEIRA-McDONOUGH Josefina, NETTING F. Ellen, NICHOLS-CASEBOLT Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 16(4), Winter 2001, pp.411-431.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Argue that if social work education is truly committed to social justice and self-determination, it will have to liberate the knowledge of groups with which it works. To do so, it is necessary to recognize the unique role of practitioners in discovering and interpreting subjugated knowledge, which requires that academicians, practitioners, and consumers of services have opportunities to dialogue. Four strategies for freeing subjugated knowledge are proposed in this article. Dialogue that results from these strategies allows academicians and practitioners to focus on gaps between the practice theories they teach and the work they have to do and can contribute to curricular reformation.
Change strategies for integrating women's knowledge into social work curricula
- Authors:
- NICHOLS-CASEBOLT Ann, FIGUEIRA-McDONOUGH Josefina, NETTING F Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 36(1), Winter 2000, pp.65-78.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
Gender integration seeks to bring gender to the center of the curriculum by examining critically how gender influences knowledge development and ways of knowing. This undertaking calls for a major transformation, since women's realities and experiences have traditionally been marginal or absent in social work knowledge construction. In this article, the authors examine the context and process for making the change towards a gender-integrated curriculum in the USA. The authors argue that change agents must understand the type of culture characterising a school, the variety of leaders available, the opportunities that might activate effective leadership, and the contingencies that affect curriculum decisions.
Women writing on social work education: findings from a study of the content analysis of Australian journal articles 1983-1993
- Authors:
- RYAN Martin, MARTYN Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 50(2), June 1997, pp.13-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
As part of a larger content analysis of articles on social work education, this article examines the relationship between gender and publication. Looks at the number of articles written by women, their academic affiliations, the content of articles and methodological approaches employed. Women were well represented among authors, most writing with other women. They contributed articles on field education, but tended to be under-represented in articles on a theoretical nature. The findings are discussed in terms of implications for women in social work education.
The juggling act - the multiple role woman in social work education
- Author:
- HOME Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Canadian Social Work Review, 10(2), Summer 1993, pp.141-156.
- Publisher:
- Canadian Association for Social Work Education
Whilst increasing numbers of women social work students have been enabled by universities and the workplace to combine learning and family and work responsibilities by a number of institutions, such women face an increasing strain in the form of constant overload and conflicting demands. Reports a qualitative survey.
Challenging domination in social work education
- Author:
- PEASE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Issues in Social Work Education, 11(2), Spring 1992, pp.14-31.
- Publisher:
- Association of Teachers in Social Work Education
Examines the contradictions faced by those who believe in the need for social transformation but who, by the nature of their location, gender and race, represent part of the problem that requires such transformation. Explores ways of struggling with the contradictions inherent in such social locations and confronting the dominant ideologies that lead to participation in the oppressions of others.
Sexual orientation and the social work curriculum
- Author:
- PLOEM Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Issues in Social Work Education, 11(2), Spring 1992, pp.32-47.
- Publisher:
- Association of Teachers in Social Work Education
In the past two decades homosexuality has become more visible in public life in most West-European countries. In the Netherlands views on understanding and dealing with homosexuality have been profoundly influenced by the gay and lesbian liberation movements. In the schools of social work this has resulted not only in the removal of homosexuality from psychopathology courses, this 'normalisation' has led to its total disappearance from the social work curriculum. In society, however, the emotional meanings surrounding the subject have not changed essentially: many people still fear their own homosexual desires and the acts and desires of others. In this article different situations are described in which social workers become confronted with problems relating to homosexuality, and the essentials are outlined of what social workers need to know about homosexuality.