ABSTRACT

The Zeitgeist of our time calls on social workers and the social work profession to reconsider the ways in which we practice, teach, and learn. The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 reawakening of the racial and social justice movements profoundly influence how social workers approach the directive from our accrediting body (CSWE) calling on us to intentionally integrate an anti-racist framework in our implicit and explicit curriculum. This paper re-introduces “use of self” as an anti-oppressive pedagogical tool that can build and hold brave spaces of transformation. Orienting ourselves to the use of self as a kind of pedagogy is one way to reengage with our social justice mission. Although we believe that pedagogy and practice are intricately connected, for the purposes of this paper, we focus on pedagogy.

摘要

我们这个时代的时代精神呼吁社会工作者和社会工作专业重新考虑我们实践、教学和学习的方式。COVID-19 大流行和 2021 年种族和社会正义运动的重新觉醒深刻地影响了社会工作者如何处理我们的认证机构 (CSWE) 的指令，该机构呼吁我们有意识地将反种族主义框架纳入我们的隐性和显性课程中。本文重新引入“利用自我”作为一种反压迫的教学工具，可以建立和保持勇敢的转型空间。将自我定位为一种教学法，是重新履行社会正义使命的一种方式。尽管我们认为教育学和实践有着错综复杂的联系，但就本文而言，我们重点关注教育学。