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Creating space for a critical feminist social work pedagogy
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posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by Sarah EpsteinSarah Epstein, Norah Hosken, Sevi VassosSevi VassosINTRODUCTION: The practice and teaching of western social work is shaped within the institutional context of a predominately managerial higher education sector and neoliberal societal context that valorises the individual. Critical feminist social work educators face constraints and challenges when trying to imagine, co-construct, enact and improve ways to engage in the communal relationality of critical feminist pedagogy.
APPROACH: In this article, the authors draw upon the literature and use a reflective, inductive approach to explore and analyse observations made about efforts to engage with a subversive pedagogy whilst surviving in the neoliberal academy.
CONCLUSION: While the article draws on experiences of social work teaching and research in a regional Australian university, the matters explored are likely to have resonance for social work education in other parts of the world. A tentative outline for thinking about the processes involved in co-creating a critical feminist pedagogical practice is offered.
APPROACH: In this article, the authors draw upon the literature and use a reflective, inductive approach to explore and analyse observations made about efforts to engage with a subversive pedagogy whilst surviving in the neoliberal academy.
CONCLUSION: While the article draws on experiences of social work teaching and research in a regional Australian university, the matters explored are likely to have resonance for social work education in other parts of the world. A tentative outline for thinking about the processes involved in co-creating a critical feminist pedagogical practice is offered.
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Aotearoa New Zealand social work reviewVolume
30Issue
3Pagination
8 - 18Publisher
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social WorkersLocation
Christchurch, N.Z.Publisher DOI
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1178-5527Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2018, Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social WorkersUsage metrics
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