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Nalini J Negi1, Kimberly A Bender1, Rich Furman1
1Nalini J. Negi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Kimberly A. Bender, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Rich Furman, Ph.D., is Director and Associate Professor in the Social Work Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Dawnovise N. Fowler, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas, Austin. Julia Clark Prickett, MSW, is a student in the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Abstract:
A primary goal of social justice educators is to engage students in a process of self-discovery, with the goal of helping them recognize their own biases, develop empathy, and become better prepared for culturally responsive practice. While social work educators are mandated with the important task of training future social workers in culturally responsive practice with diverse populations, practical strategies on how to do so are scant. This article introduces a teaching exercise, the Ethnic Roots Assignment, which has been shown qualitatively to aid students in developing self-awareness, a key component of culturally competent social work practice. Practical suggestions for classroom utilization, common challenges, and past student responses to participating in the exercise are provided. The dissemination of such a teaching exercise can increase the field's resources for addressing the important goal of cultural competence training.
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