Journal article
Working towards cultural responsiveness and inclusion in Australia: The re-Indigenization of social work education
Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, Vol.4(2), pp.1-23
2021
Abstract
The scope of Australian social work education, training and practice models retain many of the Western components from which they were initially derived. Indigenization is concerned with the use of appropriate First Nation theories and practice methods that can transform the entrenched and sometimes enforced Westernised values, norms, and philosophies. This paper argues that social work education should prepare social workers to work with ethnic and culturally diverse populations and more safely with Indigenous peoples. The issues and challenges concerned with re-Indigenization and how social work education and practice should adapt are explored.
Details
- Title
- Working towards cultural responsiveness and inclusion in Australia: The re-Indigenization of social work education
- Authors
- Bindi Bennett (Author) - Bond UniversityTrevor G Gates (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory, Vol.4(2), pp.1-23
- Publisher
- University of Sydney
- Date published
- 2021
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99605107002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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