Wrestling with Biculturalism in Social Work Education

When approached to write a piece on Donna Awatere’s (1984) book Māori Sovereignty from a social work perspective we seized the opportunity to reconsider her work. Revisiting the text after a 30-year-plus hiatus sparked a series of reflective conversations about how we wrestle with teaching biculturalism and our efficacy in preparing students for bicultural practice realities. This article draws upon our co-constructed narratives about what it means to be a social work educator in a bicultural practice landscape. Social work students graduate into an exceedingly complex practice environment fraught with tension about how to resolve inequities across the micro-to-macro continuum. The focus of this article is how Donna Awatere’s work is reflected in the tensions and responsibilities experienced when socialising students into the bicultural mission of social work practice in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Aotearoa · Biculturalism · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work · Gender Studies

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