Title
Enhancing Self-Awareness: A Practical Strategy to Train Culturally Responsive Social Work Students
Publication Date
10-27-2010
Document Type
Article
Abstract
A primary goal of social justice educators is to engage students in a process of self-discovery, with the goal of helping them recognize their own biases, develop empathy, and become better prepared for culturally responsive practice. While social work educators are mandated with the important task of training future social workers in culturally responsive practice with diverse populations, practical strategies on how to do so are scant. This article introduces a teaching exercise, the Ethnic Roots Assignment, which has been shown qualitatively to aid students in developing self-awareness, a key component of culturally competent social work practice. Practical suggestions for classroom utilization, common challenges, and past student responses to participating in the exercise are provided. The dissemination of such a teaching exercise can increase the field‰Ûªs resources for addressing the important goal of cultural competence training.
Publication Title
Advances in Social Work
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
223
Last Page
234
Publisher Policy
open access
Open Access Status
OA Journal
Recommended Citation
Negi, Nalini J.; Bender, Kimberly A.; Furman, Rich; Fowler, Dawnovise N.; and Prickett, Julia Clark, "Enhancing Self-Awareness: A Practical Strategy to Train Culturally Responsive Social Work Students" (2010). Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications. 190.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/socialwork_pub/190