Inducing empathy: pondering students' (in)ability to empathize with an Aboriginal man's lament and what might be done about it
Gair, Susan (2013) Inducing empathy: pondering students' (in)ability to empathize with an Aboriginal man's lament and what might be done about it. Journal of Social Work Education, 49 (1). pp. 136-149.
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Abstract
Empathy is a familiar term in social work education, although how to teach and learn empathy is not well documented. Equally, how non-indigenous Australian practitioners learn empathic regard for indigenous peoples living with the crippling legacies of colonialism is not commonly described in the literature. The primary aim of the classroom-based inquiry described here was to explore and reflect on the concept of empathy with social work students at a regional Australian university using selected real-life vignettes. These findings suggest greater cultivation of empathy is needed for respectful social work intervention by non-indigenous practitioners working with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and, by implication, with indigenous peoples worldwide.
| Item ID: | 28433 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2163-5811 |
| Additional Information: | DOI 'not found' but listed on publisheres website. 9/8/13. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2013 04:38 |
| FoR Codes: | 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1607 Social Work > 160799 Social Work not elsewhere classified @ 50% 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200201 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9503 Heritage > 950302 Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage @ 50% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding > 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
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