Are Social Work Educators Bullies? Student Perceptions of Political Discourse in the Social Work Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Flaherty, Christopher; Ely, Gretchen E.; Meyer-Adams, Nancy; Baer, Jeffrey; Sutphen, Richard D.
Titel	Are Social Work Educators Bullies? Student Perceptions of Political Discourse in the Social Work Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 33 (2013) 1, S.59-74 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0884-1233
DOI	10.1080/08841233.2012.750259
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Social Work; Professional Education; Student Attitudes; Political Issues; Social Bias; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Student Surveys; Political Attitudes; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Debate; Classroom Environment; Racial Bias; Religion; Geographic Location; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; Student Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Soziale Arbeit; Berufsausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Politischer Faktor; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Debating; Streitgespräch; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	Social work's professional commitment to working toward social justice for vulnerable groups is well known. However, as a profession, social work has been criticized for proposing professional perspectives that may be interpreted by some as political indoctrination. The purpose of the current study was to examine social work students' perceptions of political debate in the classroom. An additional goal was to examine whether students believed that colleagues who hold certain sociopolitical beliefs should be prohibited from receiving a social work degree. Four hundred and ninety-seven undergraduate and graduate social work students from 10 programs were surveyed. Results show that a majority of respondents were comfortable with the discussion of sociopolitical content in the classroom. Nevertheless, students who self-identified as politically conservative were more likely to report that they perceived the classroom environment as less open and hence less conducive to debate. Finally, overt racism was identified as the only attitude that should prohibit someone from receiving a social work degree. Implications for social work education are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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