Alison McInnes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison McInnes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | McInnes |
| SIGNATURE | MCINNES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Teesside University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0543-0651 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integrating the Global Agenda for Social Work Practice and Education
Practitioner Perspectives on Child Feeding in Uganda: Community Engagement through the Global Agenda
This collaborative research study arose in response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 3, which have amongst their targets an aim to eradicate preventable deaths in children under five years old. The research is founded on the aims of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development which aims at strengthening the social work profession through linkages between global challenges and local responses. To address these…
Navigating the choppy waters to Nirvana: A critical reflective account of caring for ageing parents in the fourth age
This article revisits a paper and from an autoethnographic/critical reflective biographical approach re-examines seven cultural notions or myths, which may encourage ageism. It is framed within my experiential knowledge of caring for my ageing parents, with the tensions and challenges around problematising the value of expertise based on experience, communication, grief, and autonomy and freedom versus safety. The commentary emphasises that by an…
Learning from others: A critical reflection on an international study programme
This article offers a critical reflection on an international social work study programme at a Northern European university in 2015. This study develops a shared sense of the expectations and experiences of two academic staff and two students who took part in this social work programme. Interesting findings from this life-changing opportunity were ascertained and included awareness of own motivational learning as well as developing cultural compe…
Why should they listen to me? Developing social work education and social work in Tajikistan
A critique of the notion that social work is an international profession operating with similar values and methodologies is presented. This is based on an ethnographic study of a project carried out in Tajikistan. It found that the Western social work universal values and models of working can be challenged
Why should they listen to me? Developing social work education and social work in Tajikistan
A critique of the notion that social work is an international profession operating with similar values and methodologies is presented. This is based on an ethnographic study of a project carried out in Tajikistan. It found that the Western social work universal values and models of working can be challenged
Why should they listen to me? Developing social work education and social work in Tajikistan
A critique of the notion that social work is an international profession operating with similar values and methodologies is presented. This is based on an ethnographic study of a project carried out in Tajikistan. It found that the Western social work universal values and models of working can be challenged
Learning from others: A critical reflection on an international study programme
This article offers a critical reflection on an international social work study programme at a Northern European university in 2015. This study develops a shared sense of the expectations and experiences of two academic staff and two students who took part in this social work programme. Interesting findings from this life-changing opportunity were ascertained and included awareness of own motivational learning as well as developing cultural compe…
Practitioner Perspectives on Child Feeding in Uganda: Community Engagement through the Global Agenda
This collaborative research study arose in response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 3, which have amongst their targets an aim to eradicate preventable deaths in children under five years old. The research is founded on the aims of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development which aims at strengthening the social work profession through linkages between global challenges and local responses. To address these…
Navigating the choppy waters to Nirvana: A critical reflective account of caring for ageing parents in the fourth age
This article revisits a paper and from an autoethnographic/critical reflective biographical approach re-examines seven cultural notions or myths, which may encourage ageism. It is framed within my experiential knowledge of caring for my ageing parents, with the tensions and challenges around problematising the value of expertise based on experience, communication, grief, and autonomy and freedom versus safety. The commentary emphasises that by an…
Integrating the Global Agenda for Social Work Practice and Education
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works)