Child protection and cultural awareness: Simulation-based learning

Social work educators have long struggled with the challenge of finding appropriate strategies for fostering cultural awareness among their students. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how a computer-based simulation, SimChild, can be used in teaching about child protection to enhance cultur...

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Published in:Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work 2020-09, Vol.29 (5), p.362-376
Main Authors: Egonsdotter, Gunilla, Bengtsson, Staffan, Israelsson, Magnus, Borell, Klas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
child protection
Child welfare
Children
Consciousness
Cultural awareness
ethnicity
Protection
simulation
Social work
social work education
Social workers
Students
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:Social work educators have long struggled with the challenge of finding appropriate strategies for fostering cultural awareness among their students. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how a computer-based simulation, SimChild, can be used in teaching about child protection to enhance cultural awareness among students and expand their insight into how personal biases can affect professional practice. In SimChild, individual students can assume the role of social worker and then collectively discuss the patterns emerging after their individual assessments have been aggregated. This study, based primarily on focus group data, reflects testing conducted at three Swedish universities.
ISSN:1531-3204
1531-3212
1531-3212
DOI:10.1080/15313204.2018.1493013