Teaching self-awareness: social work educators' endeavors and struggles.

Self-awareness has long been a fundamental concept in the social work profession; however, exactly what self-awareness means and how to teach and apply it in practice remain unclear. We explored social work educators' teaching methods on self-awareness through the narrative approach of qualitative r...

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Publicado en:Social Work Education Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 159 - 177
Autores principales: Feize, Leyla, Faver, Catherine
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2019
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Sumario:Self-awareness has long been a fundamental concept in the social work profession; however, exactly what self-awareness means and how to teach and apply it in practice remain unclear. We explored social work educators' teaching methods on self-awareness through the narrative approach of qualitative research. Convenience and snowball sampling were used to select the study sample. Thirty-five social work educators from various colleges and universities across the United States agreed to participate in this study. The results indicated that social work educators employ an emotional learning process, self-disclosure, and humor in the class environment to encourage students to practice self-awareness. Further research is needed to explore and elaborate on the factors that facilitate or obstruct the teaching of self-awareness.