Abstract
International contexts provide social work students with the opportunity to develop knowledge of international social work, global citizenship and cultural competency. While these contexts are powerful sites of learning, there is a need to ensure that this occurs within a critical framework. The paradigm of critical reflection is used to facilitate this and has been popular in international programs. In this article, we develop this further by describing critically-reflective techniques and providing examples used in a pilot exchange program between a social work school in the UK and in India. The potential implications of these strategies for social work education are discussed. © The Author(s) 2012
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 109-120 |
Journal | International Social Work |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 13 Jun 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2014 |
Keywords
- critical reflection
- cultural competency
- international context
- international fieldwork placement
- social work education
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Sociology and Political Science