Finding common ground: how superdiversity is unsettling social work education
| Autor: | Peter Hendriks, Hans van Ewijk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Citizenship and Humanisation of the Public Sector, A just and caring society, University of Humanistic Studies |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Inequality Social work media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Common ground Superdiversity Social justice 0506 political science Social work education Pedagogy 050602 political science & public administration Capability approach 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Social Work, 1-13. Taylor and Francis Ltd. STARTPAGE=1;ENDPAGE=13;ISSN=1369-1457;TITLE=European Journal of Social Work |
| ISSN: | 1369-1457 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13691457.2017.1366431 |
| Popis: | For social work education in the Netherlands, the rapid transition towards superdiversity means that its capacity to adapt to this new reality and to adjust to diverse students’ backgrounds is fiercely challenged. The key aim of this article is to discuss how social work educators are dealing with the unsettling challenges of increasing diversity, based on the research outcomes of an explorative study amongst Turkish–Dutch and Moroccan–Dutch female professionals. Two different groups of educators were asked to comment on the outcomes of this study. One of the dilemmas for educators is to determine what can be considered supportive and inclusive and as reducing inequality in education. The authors used two key theoretical concepts, ‘superdiversity’ and ‘the capability approach’. These theoretical perspectives were used to deconstruct the rather massive concepts of diversity and social justice, by emphasising contextual approaches. Both perspectives stress the urgent need to involve students as ‘act... |
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