TY - JOUR
T1 - The place of political diversity within the social work classroom
AU - Rosenwald, Mitchell
AU - Wiener, Diane R.
AU - Smith-Osborne, Alexa
AU - Smith, Christine M.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - This article examines political ideology and its implications as a newer diversity variable within social work education. Responding to internal assessments and external critiques of social work education, the dynamics of how diverse political ideologies might manifest in 5 core course concentrations-human behavior in the social environment, research, practice, field education, and policy-are highlighted. The authors offer a series of critical questions, a typology for addressing political ideology, and a set of educational guidelines to assist educators, administrators, and students as they grapple with attending to political diversity in a variety of social work classrooms.
AB - This article examines political ideology and its implications as a newer diversity variable within social work education. Responding to internal assessments and external critiques of social work education, the dynamics of how diverse political ideologies might manifest in 5 core course concentrations-human behavior in the social environment, research, practice, field education, and policy-are highlighted. The authors offer a series of critical questions, a typology for addressing political ideology, and a set of educational guidelines to assist educators, administrators, and students as they grapple with attending to political diversity in a variety of social work classrooms.
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U2 - 10.5175/JSWE.2012.201000062
DO - 10.5175/JSWE.2012.201000062
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860868088
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 48
SP - 139
EP - 158
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 1
ER -