Journal article
Undergraduate Social Work Faculty in the USA React to the War with Iraq
Social Work Education, Vol.26(5), pp.496-503
2007
Abstract
The role of social workers in political activism has been characterized with ambivalence, and few studies have addressed political activism within the social work academic setting. The purpose of the current study was to explore how social work educators responded to the war with Iraq from an educational perspective as well as a personal perspective. Undergraduate social work faculty (N565) from accredited social work programs in each state throughout the USA completed a brief quantitative survey via email about the war with Iraq including the following topics: educational responses; personal responses; personal views; academic freedom; and demographic data. Findings revealed that 70% of respondents felt that social work faculty had a responsibility to educate students about the war with Iraq, however, only 36% of respondents felt that social work faculty had a responsibility to advocate for or against the war with Iraq. The majority of the faculty surveyed incorporated the war with Iraq in their class activities (88%) and participated in war activities outside of class on their own campus (80%). A significant minority of faculty felt restricted by their institution from expressing their views of the war with Iraq during class time (14%) and on their own campus (17%).
Details
- Title
- Undergraduate Social Work Faculty in the USA React to the War with Iraq
- Authors
- Cindy Davis (Author) - University of Tennessee, United StatesS Cummings (Author) - University of Tennessee, United StatesS MacMaster (Author) - University of Tennessee, United States
- Publication details
- Social Work Education, Vol.26(5), pp.496-503
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2007
- DOI
- 10.1080/02615470601118639
- ISSN
- 0261-5479
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449163302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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