Arab minority social work students face challenges in Jewish practicum settings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6421069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ibrahim Mahajne (0000-0002-3916-6011, Zefat Academic College, corresponding author), Raghda Alnabilsy (0000-0002-5326-6051, Ruppin Academic Center) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-266 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical and Radical Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-8675 • E-ISSN: 2049-8608 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/20498608y2024d000000069 |
| OpenAlex | W4406281084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article investigates the challenges faced by Palestinian minority social work students in Jewish practicum settings and the coping strategies they employ for those challenges. Qualitative research derived data from in-depth semi-structured interviews with 15 Palestinian students. Two main challenges were described: (1) insensitivity to the students’ linguistic uniqueness/difference that alienated them from Jewish professional and administrative staff (accusing them of having difficulties with Hebrew and limiting their use of Arabic), hostility to their national uniqueness, opacity concerning their religious difference, and contempt for their different culture; and (2) Palestinian students are burdened with tasks beyond their academic duties, as they are required to juggle many roles, such as caregiver, interpreter and ‘culture broker’, and are required to organise bilingual community events. The interviewees developed five coping strategies: soul-searching/introspection mixed with self-blame; conscious self-censorship; mobilising a coalition for outspoken criticism; demanding change from within the service; and applying a change process
Face (sociological concept · Judaism · Pedagogy · Political science · Practicum · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Work
The Palestinians in Israel
Latino student transition to college
Stress, appraisal, and coping
Comparison of Convenience Sampling and Purposive Sampling
Curriculum internationalization and the ‘decolonizing academic’
Social work the ‘white way’
Indigenous knowledge in field education – expanding Praxis
Arabization of social work in Israel’s native Arab minority
Leaving the Margins
Not on the agenda
Encouraging professional excellence among social workers from disadvantaged minorities
The Arab Lecturer on a Zionist Campus
The struggles of Arab social workers in Israel
Israeli education and the Apartheid in South Africa
Service users’ complaints concerning social workers’ professional functioning
College Students’ Perceptions of Prejudice and Discrimination and Their Feelings of Alienation
Retraining in Social Work for Arab Academic Women
Arab minority social workers trained in a foreign language
Critical Practices Adopted by Minority Group Social Workers Working in the Third Sector
We Taught You How to Teach Us’
Addressing the Ongoing Effects of the Nakba
Social Workers’ Professional Failures as Perceived by Welfare Bureau Managers within Arab Society in Israel
Minority Social Workers Share Their Previously Tacit Knowledge
Stress and adaptational outcomes
Using thematic analysis in psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |