LibGuides: SWR-365: Week 4 Resources

Week 4 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, can be accessed via the Getting Started module in your course.

Schriver, J. M. (2020). Human behavior and the social environment: Shifting paradigms in essential knowledge for social work practice (7th ed.). Allyn & Bacon.

Read Chapter 4: Contemporary and Emerging Theories, Perspectives, and Practice Models.
This chapter explores more inclusive approaches for understanding the diverse range of human behavior and social work practice with individuals.
Note: Please read Chapter 4 in the Shriver (2020) textbook which reviews the approaches covered in Lecture 4 in-depth; you will need to reference this content for the Week 4 Assignment.

Articles

Indigenous Wholistic Theory: A Knowledge Set for Practice
Absolon, K. (2019). Indigenous wholistic theory: A knowledge set for practice. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 14(1), 22–42. https://doi.org/10.7202/1071285ar
The article identifies the need to articulate Indigenous wholistic theory in social work practice and does so by employing a wholistic framework of the four-directional circle.
Challenging Anti-Black Racism across the Curriculum: Situating the Social Work Legacy and Moving Forward
Curran, L., Battle, D., & Jones, S. (2022). Challenging anti-black racism across the curriculum: Situating the social work legacy and moving forward. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 42(2/3), 102–119. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2022.2074766
This paper situates the volume's contributions within a larger anti-racist tradition in social work, including the often overlooked legacy of the profession's Black leaders. It discusses multiple strands of anti-racist social work scholarship that provide scaffolding to support current and future anti-racist practices and thought.
Child Welfare and Social Work Education: From a Pedagogy of Oppression to a Pedagogy of Resistance
Leotti, S. M., Sugrue, E. P., Itzkowitz, M., & Williams, K. (2023). Child welfare and social work education: From a pedagogy of oppression to a pedagogy of resistance. Advances in Social Work, 23(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.18060/26350
This article explores how child welfare practice is shifting to a framework focusing on resilience and how this impacts anti-racist social work practice.
Teaching Intersectionality: Pedagogical Approaches for Lasting Impact
Villa-Nicholas, M. (2018). Teaching intersectionality: Pedagogical approaches for lasting impact. Education for Information, 34(2), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-180191
This article explores the strategies for understanding intersectionality in social work practice.

Week 4 Assignment 2 Resources

Annotated Bibliography (Writing Resources)
Annotated Bibliography (Writing Resources) (https://resources.nu.edu/writingresources/annotatedbibliography)