TY - JOUR
T1 - Extending the Ally Model of Social Justice to Social Work Pedagogy
AU - Gibson, Priscilla Ann
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Social work students, regardless of their multiple social identities in oppressed and oppressor groups, are called upon to take action against social injustice. This conceptual article introduces the Ally Model of social justice and its alignment with social work values and goals and recommends it to social work educators as a pedagogical tool to use when teaching about oppression, differentness, and privilege. It presents the literature on the model and its characteristics through the social work lens of awareness/knowledge, attitudes/beliefs/feelings, and actions/skills. It also provides limitations of the model and observations of students' responses, based on their identities, that may act as barriers when learning about oppression and privilege. Finally, recommendations for the implementation of the model across the curriculum are offered.
AB - Social work students, regardless of their multiple social identities in oppressed and oppressor groups, are called upon to take action against social injustice. This conceptual article introduces the Ally Model of social justice and its alignment with social work values and goals and recommends it to social work educators as a pedagogical tool to use when teaching about oppression, differentness, and privilege. It presents the literature on the model and its characteristics through the social work lens of awareness/knowledge, attitudes/beliefs/feelings, and actions/skills. It also provides limitations of the model and observations of students' responses, based on their identities, that may act as barriers when learning about oppression and privilege. Finally, recommendations for the implementation of the model across the curriculum are offered.
KW - Ally Model
KW - social identity
KW - social justice
KW - teaching about oppression
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U2 - 10.1080/08841233.2014.890691
DO - 10.1080/08841233.2014.890691
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900317015
SN - 0884-1233
VL - 34
SP - 199
EP - 214
JO - Journal of Teaching in Social Work
JF - Journal of Teaching in Social Work
IS - 2
ER -