Building a mutual-help community
Young social work teachers’ self-rescue action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu Xiang (0000-0002-3186-8019, School of Government and Law, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China; National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, corresponding author), Guowei Yan (0000-0001-6196-2615, New York University, New York, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-101 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1476750319892314 |
| OpenAlex | W2994273286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The higher education system has marginalized the young educators. Young educators in the field of social work are in a much worse situation. Research indicates that young social work educators are facing three types of significant challenges: lacking teaching experience and social support; lacking academic research skills and facing great pressure from getting paper published; lacking professional knowledge and practical experience. This paper adopts action research to explore how to build a mutual self-help community among young social work educators who are experiencing similar challenges. Also, the process of the authors’ experience of building a mutual-help community will be elaborated in detail: forming the initial idea of building a mutual-help group based on past experience, upgrading the occasional gatherings to a book club, facilitating mutual-help actions, facilitating collective actions, expanding a small team to a big community. Although the young social work educator mutual-help community has brought about some positive changes and helped mitigate distress temporarily, it doesn’t solve the problem permanently. Building a mutual-help community for self-help is, in fact, our last-ditch move. So, we are looking forward to embracing a bright future when there will be a structural improvement in China’s social work education
Action (physics · Action research · Club · Community building · Mutual aid · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |