Journal article
The Neoliberal Colonisation of Social Work Education: A Critical Analysis and Practices for Resistance
Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.19(2), pp.25-40
2017
Abstract
Neoliberalism reduces everything, including social work practice and education, to commodities, subjecting them to market calculations that maximise exploitation and profit. Whilst the impacts of neoliberalism on social work practice are now well documented, this paper seeks to contribute to an emerging dialogue about the impacts of neoliberalism on social work education. Social work education holds direct implications for social work as a discipline and the type of professional practice that is carried out in the field. The paper examines the implications of the neoliberal university for social work curriculum, pedagogy, research and academic educators, particularly with reference to the Australian context. In this paper we expand existing critiques about the impacts of neoliberalism on social work education, and draw on our own and other educators' experiences to highlight the scope for agency and resistance.
Details
- Title
- The Neoliberal Colonisation of Social Work Education: A Critical Analysis and Practices for Resistance
- Authors
- Christine Morley (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologySelma Macfarlane (Author) - Deakin UniversityPhillip Ablett (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, Vol.19(2), pp.25-40
- Publisher
- Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education
- Date published
- 2017
- ISSN
- 1329-0584
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education. Reproduced with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450515902621
- Output Type
- Journal article