Civic Professionalism: Using Service Learning to Educate Social Work Students as Citizens

Schools of social work have put considerable energy into civic engagement and community partnership. Despite the attention paid to the civic mission of the university and/or of the profession, however, very little attention has been paid to the civic education of social work students. It will be arg...

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Published in:Advances in social work 2011-03, Vol.12 (1), p.21-32
Main Author: Burke, Tracey Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citizen Participation
Citizens
Citizenship
College Students
Democracy
Energy
Professionalism
Service learning, citizenship, civic education, social justice, professionalization
Social Justice
Social Work Education
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Summary:Schools of social work have put considerable energy into civic engagement and community partnership. Despite the attention paid to the civic mission of the university and/or of the profession, however, very little attention has been paid to the civic education of social work students. It will be argued here that social work education must include discussions about citizenship and democracy, about participating in our communities apart from our work. Service learning, with its emphasis on civic learning and a complementary focus on social justice, provides both a lens and a pedagogy for accomplishing this.
ISSN:1527-8565
2331-4125
DOI:10.18060/1315