The Group as a Psycho-Educational Medium for the Teaching of Anti-Racist Practice on Social Work Trainings
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Stevenson, S. 2017. The Group as a Psycho-Educational Medium for the Teaching of Anti-Racist Practice on Social Work Trainings. Journal of Social Work Practice. 32 (3), pp. 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2017.1359779
Authors | Stevenson, S. |
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Abstract | This article discusses the anxieties that lead to resistance to anti-racist and culturally sensitive reflection and engagement on social work trainings. It briefly discusses a culturally diverse social work training and the anxieties described by the students that hindered the integration of the teaching of race and culture during the training. The article then contrasts this with another more successful training experience on another social work course at a different university with a similar level of cultural diversity by the use of the group as a psycho-educational method to manage the student’s defences and avoidance of the difficult and painful knowledge required to enhance reflexivity when it comes to issues of race. It discusses how the role and skills of the seminar leader can manage the student’s defences through the use of group dynamic processes and concepts as psycho-educational tools; thereby deepening the observational and reflective skills of the social work students during their training in preparation for their future work within diverse settings and in line with the social work competencies and regulation requirements. |
Keywords | Culture; Group Analysis; Infant Observation; Psychoanalysis Social Work Education; Race; Seminar Group |
Journal | Journal of Social Work Practice |
Journal citation | 32 (3), pp. 337-349 |
ISSN | 0265-0533 |
1465-3885 | |
Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) for Group for the Advancement of Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy in Social Work (GAPS) |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2017.1359779 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Aug 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 28 Jun 2017 |
Deposited | 29 Jun 2017 |
Copyright holder | © 2017 The Author |
Copyright information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Social Work Practice on 07.08.17, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02650533.2017.1359779 |
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