Informal social work education: a complementary training method to develop competent social workers

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A study at the City University of Hong Kong demonstrates the effectiveness of informal social work education as a complementary method in the development of socially conscious and committed social workers. The method stresses the action-reflection approach which encouraging students' active participation in learning activities and the sharing of individual experiences and observation. Reliance on traditional pedagogy alone will be inadequate to equip students to face the challenges of the 1990s.

Methods, Social policy, Social workers, Hong Kong, Social work education, Vocational guidance

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Multicultural social work in the United States: a review and critique

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The growing problem of institutionalized racism in the US has led multicultural social work to reevaluate its approaches. Multicultural social work aims to solve this by adapting both approaches of cultural sensitivity and anti-racism. Eventually, a culturally pluralistic society is envisioned to develop. Social workers in other countries, specially in Europe, can adapt similar approaches as that implemented by multicultural social work in the US.

United States, Analysis, Social services, Race relations, Social work administration, Social services administration, Social service and race relations

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