Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning
This paper theorises some of the learning outcomes of a three-year project concerning student learning in international social work placements in Malaysia. The problematic issue of promoting cultural and intercultural competence through such placements is examined, where overlapping hegemonies are d...
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European Journal of Social Work
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| author | Parker, Jonathan Ashencaen, Crabtree Azlinda, Azman Carlo, Dolly Paul Cutler, Claire |
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| description | This paper theorises some of the learning outcomes of a three-year project concerning student learning in international social work placements in Malaysia. The problematic issue of promoting cultural and intercultural competence through such placements is examined, where overlapping hegemonies are discussed in terms of isomorphism of social work models, that of the nation state, together with those relating to professional values and knowledge, and the tyrannies of received ideas. A critical discussion of cultural competence as the rationale for international placements is discussed in terms of the development of the graduating social worker as a self-reflexive practitioner. The development of sustainable international partnerships able to support student placement and the issue of non-symmetrical reciprocation, typical of wide socio-economic differentials across global regions, is additionally discussed. |
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| spelling | unimas-84342020-08-17T07:11:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8434/ Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning Parker, Jonathan Ashencaen, Crabtree Azlinda, Azman Carlo, Dolly Paul Cutler, Claire H Social Sciences (General) This paper theorises some of the learning outcomes of a three-year project concerning student learning in international social work placements in Malaysia. The problematic issue of promoting cultural and intercultural competence through such placements is examined, where overlapping hegemonies are discussed in terms of isomorphism of social work models, that of the nation state, together with those relating to professional values and knowledge, and the tyrannies of received ideas. A critical discussion of cultural competence as the rationale for international placements is discussed in terms of the development of the graduating social worker as a self-reflexive practitioner. The development of sustainable international partnerships able to support student placement and the issue of non-symmetrical reciprocation, typical of wide socio-economic differentials across global regions, is additionally discussed. European Journal of Social Work 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8434/1/Problematising%20international%20social%20work%20placements%20as%20a%20site%20of%20intercultural%20learning.%20-%20Copy.pdf Parker, Jonathan and Ashencaen, Crabtree and Azlinda, Azman and Carlo, Dolly Paul and Cutler, Claire (2014) Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning. European Journal of Social Work, 18 (3). pp. 383-396. ISSN 1369-1457 http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cesw20/18/3 doi:10.1080/13691457.2014.925849 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Parker, Jonathan Ashencaen, Crabtree Azlinda, Azman Carlo, Dolly Paul Cutler, Claire Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title | Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title_full | Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title_fullStr | Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title_short | Problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| title_sort | problematising international social work placements as a site of intercultural learning |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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