Critical Thinking and Creativity in a Social Work Diversity Course

"Challenging Students to "Think Outside the Box

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2168246
AutoresLon B Johnston (Texas A&M University)
Año2009
Volumen19
Número5
Páginas646-656
Fecha de publicación2009-08-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911350902988001
OpenAlexW2090630134
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas15

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) mandates that all accredited social work programs teach critical thinking skills. Doing so can be a daunting task because asking thoughtful questions and challenging the status quo are actions not often affirmed or rewarded. This article describes a human behavior social work diversity course that fulfills the CSWE's requirement by challenging students to think critically, engage in self-reflection, and utilize creativity while interacting with issues of race and ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. The overall goal of the course is to teach students to "think outside the box

Accreditation · Creativity · Critical thinking · Diversity (politics · Engineering ethics · Ethnic group · Management · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Status quo · Task (project management · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Medicine · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work · Social Psychology