SDG’s and systems science
Teaching beyond the micro-macro divide in social work education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21495792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marissa Kaloga (0000-0001-5897-6952, University of Otago, Social & Community Work Programme Dunedin, New Zealand, corresponding author), Rebecca Reno (0000-0001-9174-2891, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., Berkeley, California) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1489-1506 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Work Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-5479 • E-ISSN: 1470-1227 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02615479.2022.2109622 |
| OpenAlex | W4290636007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) enlist a triple-bottom-line approach of environment, social, and economic wellbeing that mirrors social work’s environmental, social, and economic justice commitments. Additionally, the networked systems design of the SDGs resonates with the ecological systems approach central to social work practice. Systems science is vital for addressing the SDGs, and systems dynamics has been used to model the interactions between them. However, to date, social work education has used systems frameworks largely as a sensitizing tool rather than an operational one. This paper advocates for using systems science to teach SDGs in social work education, and provides an example of how to accomplish this in the classroom. Accessible texts on systems dynamics support the practical implementation of these tools in social work classrooms. This paper extends that work by outlining a classroom activity that incorporates the networked structures of the SDG’s and introductory systems dynamics concepts. This activity can be implemented in service of re-examining the micro and macro practice gap in social work education, and to prepare the next generation of social workers to engage with the SDGs
Engineering ethics · Macro · Pedagogy · Political science · Science education · Social dynamics · Social science · Social science education · Sociology · Sustainable development · Community Health and Development · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Engineering · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Education for Sustainable Development Goals
Systems thinking
Advanced integrated practice
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
The Millennium Development Goals
The sustainable development oxymoron
Systems Thinking and indigenous systems
Global standards for the education and training of the social work profession
Towards Integration at Last? The Sustainable Development Goals as a Network of Targets
Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals
Implications of poverty traps across levels
Examining Organizational Functioning Through the Lens of Complexity Theory Using System Dynamics Modeling
Balancing Micro and Macro Practice
Global standards for social work education and training
International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)
Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
Indigenous Wholistic Theory
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |