Social Work Education For Aboriginal Communities

Ten emerging "communities" for social work education and practice.

Recent research (Fisher & Corciullo, 2011; Rothman, 2012) has documented the decline of community organization content in social work education curriculums. There are several factors that contribute to this trend. Among them is the fact that most social work faculty members have little experience in community organization and do not feel prepared to teach such content. In addition, and perhaps ...

Narratives of social support and health in Aboriginal communities.

OBJECTIVE Societies that foster high-quality social relationships and social support seemingly produce healthier populations. Existing research identifies social support as a significant dimension and determinant of Canadian Aboriginal health, yet patterns of morbidity and mortality overwhelmingly reflect social causes (e.g., violence, suicide), thereby suggesting that social support may not be...

Social Awareness in Pervasive Communities for Collaborative Work

Future pervasive environments will take into consideration physical and digital social relations. Nowadays it is important use to collective intelligence, where the interpretation of context information can be harnessed as input for context-aware applications, especially for group collaboration. The use of collective intelligence represents new possibilities but also new challenges in terms of ...

Contemporary social work licensure: implications for macro social work practice and education.

Understanding the impact of state licensing on social work practice remains a critical concern for social work academics and professionals alike. Given the complex social problems of our times, social workers need to be prepared to intervene with the individual, in various structural dimensions, and to engage in policy debates at the core of human injustice and suffering. Currently, there is in...

Conflict Theories and Social Work Education