Creating community in online critical social work courses.
This piece shares a practical participation assignment that emphasizes community-building, activism, collective learning, and contributions. Grounded in critical and inclusive pedagogical approaches, this assignment strives to create and model critical social work practices that require learners to...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 971 - 979 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2026
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