TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating against all odds
T2 - The context and content of social work education in times of national crisis in Greece
AU - Dedotsi, Sofia
AU - Young, Alys
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Greece is six years into a socio-economic crisis during which oppression has increased as a result of unjust austerity measures. Reflecting on the need for an anti-oppressive practice, a qualitative study of pre-qualifying social work education was carried out in one of the four national Departments of Social Work (subsequently abolished). This paper reports the findings of semi-structured interviews with final year students (n=14) and academic staff members (n=10) on the content and context of social work education in relation to anti-oppressive practice. The study revealed the need for a radical shift in social work education based on the emancipatory values of the profession.
AB - Greece is six years into a socio-economic crisis during which oppression has increased as a result of unjust austerity measures. Reflecting on the need for an anti-oppressive practice, a qualitative study of pre-qualifying social work education was carried out in one of the four national Departments of Social Work (subsequently abolished). This paper reports the findings of semi-structured interviews with final year students (n=14) and academic staff members (n=10) on the content and context of social work education in relation to anti-oppressive practice. The study revealed the need for a radical shift in social work education based on the emancipatory values of the profession.
KW - social work education
KW - Anti-oppressive practice
KW - Greece
U2 - 10.1177/0020872818755858
DO - 10.1177/0020872818755858
M3 - Article
VL - 62
SP - 849
EP - 863
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
SN - 0020-8728
IS - 2
ER -