Advancing Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice: Developing Competence in Field EducationDavis, A., Reber, D. (2016). Advancing human rights and social and economic Justice: Developing competence in field education. Human Rights Social Work 1, 143–153.
This is a scholarly article about the experience students and instructions have with field education and the competency of Advancing Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice. This article discusses research on the topic, but importantly, read it for the importance of com the competency. The authors identify areas where students have had difficulties and success applying the competency. Do you relate to any of those areas? How can you think about moving from an approach of individual needs to improving human rights for groups? One student in the field in this program implemented a voting rights and opportunities process at a private mental health practice, for example.
