Teaching and Learning Processes for Social Transformation: Engaging a Kaleidoscope of Learners

To tackle the complexity of issues associated with homelessness, an interdisciplinary lens with direct input from service providers and community members is necessary. Within a community-university partnership between a larger inner-city multiservice shelter serving the homeless population, and facu...

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Published in:Journal of teaching in social work 2011-11, Vol.31 (5), p.479-492
Main Authors: Rutherford, Gayle E., Walsh, Christine A., Rook, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action Research
co-learning
College Faculty
College Students
Community Services
community-university partnership
Correlation
Homeless People
Homelessness
Interdisciplinary Approach
interprofessional education
Learning
Learning Processes
Public Agencies
Self Actualization
Shelters
Social Change
Social Justice
Social Work
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:To tackle the complexity of issues associated with homelessness, an interdisciplinary lens with direct input from service providers and community members is necessary. Within a community-university partnership between a larger inner-city multiservice shelter serving the homeless population, and faculties of social work and nursing in a Canadian university, the authors developed the Social Justice Transformation Model. In this model, social justice is the why, co-learning is the what, and action research is the how. The model guides university students and faculty and agency staff and clients through teaching and learning processes of self- transformation, service transformation, and societal transformation.
ISSN:0884-1233
1540-7349
DOI:10.1080/08841233.2011.614206