Lewis, Jr, Jack B.

An Exploratory Study Of Graduate Social Work Programs

Study of Graduate Social Work Programs to Identity Methods Utilized in Teaching Students Culturally Competent Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

The NASW Code of Ethics charges social workers to be ethically responsible by providing culturally competent practice. The CSWE EPAS addresses teaching culturally competent social work practice in graduate education by requiring the inclusion of diversity content in the social work curriculum.This book examines the methods utilized by graduate social work programs to teach culturally competent practice to students utilizing diversity content. Data was collected through the analysis of interview transcripts with 12 CSWE accredited graduate programs of social work and the content analysis of 75 course syllabi. The following concepts derived from the Cultural Competence Practice (CCP) model (Lum,2011; Fong, 2001):1. Cultural Awareness, 2. Cultural Values, 3. Knowledge Acquisition, and 4. Skill Development and, 5. Inductive Learning were utilized to guide the content analysis of the interview transcripts and seventy-five course syllabi.The research findings reported in this book indicates CSWE accredited graduate social work programs utilize various methods to teach culturally competent practice to students. Clinical implications and further research are also discussed in this book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 221g
• ISBN-13: 9783659234774
• ISBN-10: 365923477X
• Artikelnr.: 36679763

Autorenporträt

Jack B. Lewis, Jr., DSW, LCSW: Studied Clinical Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.Director of the Office of Diversity & Community Outreach at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Part-time lecturer in the MSW program at the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice.