'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries
Social workers have a mandate to reduce discrimination and oppression. However, training for social workers does little to equip candidates with knowledge of power structures, such as gender and sexuality. The purpose of this article is to show how social work students in a teaching programme, ‘Expl...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/29498 2023-07-16T04:01:18+02:00 'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries Hernes-Giertsen, Merethe 2023-06-23 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29498 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691457.2023.2227778 eng eng Taylor & Francis European Journal of Social Work Hernes-Giertsen MH. 'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries . European Journal of Social Work. 2023 FRIDAID 2154191 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691457.2023.2227778 1369-1457 1468-2664 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29498 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe 2023-06-28T23:06:34Z Social workers have a mandate to reduce discrimination and oppression. However, training for social workers does little to equip candidates with knowledge of power structures, such as gender and sexuality. The purpose of this article is to show how social work students in a teaching programme, ‘Exploring Heteronormativity’, gain personal experience of how power asymmetries are reproduced. Central to the programme is a pedagogical fieldwork activity whereby the students break the tacit norm of heterosexuality by acting as same-sex couples in the cityscape. The students experienced various marginalising actions during the activity. This teaching programme has been conducted nine times with students in the bachelor’s and master’s degree social work programmes at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, in the 2013–2019 period. The article argues for increased application of power-critical theory, and for social work education to ensure that students gain firsthand experience of how power asymmetries are reproduced. In conclusion, recommendations are given for the education of social workers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Norway UiT The Arctic University of Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Norway |
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Social workers have a mandate to reduce discrimination and oppression. However, training for social workers does little to equip candidates with knowledge of power structures, such as gender and sexuality. The purpose of this article is to show how social work students in a teaching programme, ‘Exploring Heteronormativity’, gain personal experience of how power asymmetries are reproduced. Central to the programme is a pedagogical fieldwork activity whereby the students break the tacit norm of heterosexuality by acting as same-sex couples in the cityscape. The students experienced various marginalising actions during the activity. This teaching programme has been conducted nine times with students in the bachelor’s and master’s degree social work programmes at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, in the 2013–2019 period. The article argues for increased application of power-critical theory, and for social work education to ensure that students gain firsthand experience of how power asymmetries are reproduced. In conclusion, recommendations are given for the education of social workers. |
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'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries |
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'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries |
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'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries |
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'exploring heteronormativity': a teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries |
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European Journal of Social Work Hernes-Giertsen MH. 'Exploring Heteronormativity': A teaching programme to develop experience-based knowledge of the reproduction of power asymmetries . European Journal of Social Work. 2023 FRIDAID 2154191 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691457.2023.2227778 1369-1457 1468-2664 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29498 |
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