A Social Constructivist Framework for Integrating Cross-Cultural Issues in Teaching Clinical Social Work

This article describes a teaching framework that combines culturally sensitive and culturally competent perspectives in preparing students for cross-cultural clinical social work. Both content and proven instructional methods are presented for the framework's three components: (a) an overview o...

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Published in:Journal of social work education 1999, Vol.35 (1), p.21-37
Main Authors: Lee, Mo-Yee, Greene, Gilbert J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Change
Caseworker Approach
Clinical medicine
Constructivism
Constructivism (Learning)
Counseling
Cross cultural studies
Cross Cultural Training
Crosscultural Treatment
Cultural Awareness
Cultural Background
Cultural Context
Cultural differences
Cultural diversity
Cultural groups
Cultural Influences
Cultural Pluralism
Cultural Sensitivity
Culture
Curriculum Design
Dialogism
Educational anthropology
Educational Strategies
Field Experience Programs
Help Seeking
Helping Relationship
Higher Education
Indexing in process
Instructional Innovation and Issues
Interpersonal Relationship
Japanese Americans
Medical practice
Multicultural Education
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Problem Solving
Psychological Needs
Self
Social aspects
Social Constructivism
Social policy
Social service
Social Work
Social Work Education
Social workers
Students
Study and teaching
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Values
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Summary:This article describes a teaching framework that combines culturally sensitive and culturally competent perspectives in preparing students for cross-cultural clinical social work. Both content and proven instructional methods are presented for the framework's three components: (a) an overview of social constructivism; (b) an exploration of culture and self, which encourages students to develop openness to cultural diversity; and (c) a social constructivist approach to the help-seeking process of clients, which provides students with guidelines for exploring the culture-specific content of clients' problem-solving efforts. This framework helps students to understand clients' social realities nonpresumptuously and to engage in respectful clinical social work intervention.
ISSN:1043-7797
2163-5811
DOI:10.1080/10437797.1999.10778944