Abstract
Greece is 6 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 article 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 849-863 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | International Social Work |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 9 Feb 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- social work education
- Anti-oppressive practice
- Greece
- educational policies
- critical consciousness