A global learning framework for social work education

ABSTRACT

This article provides a global learning framework for curriculum design to advance human rights. The Council on Social Work Education and the International Association of Schools of Social Work call for social work educators to integrate principles of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion within the context of global positionality and experiential learning. Global learning encompasses pedagogical practices that increase global consciousness and social responsibility of adult learners. Using a human rights lens, this framework emphasizes ethical international partnerships, short-term study abroad, community engaged global learning, and embedded curricular content that will promote a global human rights-based identity within the social work profession.

KEYWORDS:

• Social work education
• human rights
• global learning
• curriculum development
• experiential learning
• transformative learning

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Janice Nuss

Janice Nuss, DSW, LCSW is an Associate Professor and Director of Field Education in the Bachelor of Social Work program at Gwynedd Mercy University.