Social Justice Integration in Clinical Social Work
Teaching with Current Events from the Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21619040 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xin Chen (0000-0001-7221-0056), Yu‐Ju Huang (0000-0001-5110-2195), Cynthia Leung (0000-0002-5575-1683), Monit Cheung (0000-0002-0433-4767, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-45 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Work Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-7797 • E-ISSN: 2163-5811 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10437797.2024.2413413 |
| OpenAlex | W4406888650 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
Scant research focused on building a practice platform to integrate social justice issues in clinical social work education. In a clinical course from 2016 to 2019 at a public university in a Southern state in the United States, this research team content-analyzed 41 real-life vignettes prepared by 82 Master of Social Work students to connect social justice focuses with current-events clinical learning. We analyzed these vignettes against the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) in the United States: youth development, healthcare, interpersonal violence, productive aging, social isolation, homelessness, changing environments, technology for social good, antiracism, decarceration, financial capability, economic equality, and opportunity justice. Most vignettes (85.4%) had microlevel challenges, over half (56.1%) had macrolevel challenges, and almost half (41.5%) had mezzolevel challenges; 60% addressed more than one of these GCSW levels. These clinical social justice cases shared five common elements: (a) improving clients’ self-efficacy, (b) combating institutionalized oppression, (c) accessing effective mental health services, (d) building healthy social relationships, and (e) eliminating safety threats. In future studies, direct input from social workers will help develop a learning platform for justice-based skill development
Clinical social work · Criminology · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social justice · Social media · Sociology · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Content Analysis
Social workers’ perspectives on social justice in social work education
Directed qualitative content analysis
Rapid transition of a preclinical health systems science and social justice course to remote learning in the time of coronavirus
Content analysis
Is a Critical Pedagogy for the Profession of Social Work Possible
Integration of Personal/Professional Self (IPPS) Through Reflective/Experiential Learning
The Radical Voices of Social Workers
Creating Student-Scholar-Activists
Clinical Social Work's Contribution to a Social Justice Perspective
Exploring Social Justice for Clinical Social Work Practice
Incorporating intersectionality into psychology
Women and Human Development
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |