1st Edition
The Role of Gender in Practice Knowledge Claiming Half the Human Experience
466 Pages
by
Routledge
466 Pages
by
Routledge
466 Pages
by
Routledge
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Feminist critiques of the social sciences are based on the assumption that because the social sciences were developed for the most part by white, middle-class, Western men, the perspectives of women were ignored. This book offers an approach for integrating gender-related content into the social work curriculum. The distinguished contributors discuss the shortcoming of dominant knowledge, address... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1: Toward a Gender-integrated Knowledge in Social Work, Chapter 2: Human Behavior in the Social Environment: The Role of Gender in the Expansion of Practice Knowledge, Chapter 3: Direct Practice: Addressing Gender in Practice from a Multicultural Feminist Perspective, Chapter 4: Psychopathology, Chapter 5: Teaching About Groups in a Gendered World: Toward Curricular Transformation in Group Work Education, Chapter 6: Gender and Families, Chapter 7: Women, Communities, and Development, Chapter 8: Integrating Gender into Human Service Organization, Administration, and Planning Curricula, Chapter 9: Gender and Social Welfare Policy, Chapter 10: The Role of Gender in Practice Knowledge: Research, Chapter 11: Designing and Implementing Curricular Change, Contributors, Index
Biography
Figueira McDonough, Josefina; Netting, F. Ellen; Nichols Casebolt, Ann
