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ABSTRACT
Social work education stresses training students to understand oppressive structural barriers and promote social and economic justice. Social empathy, which is rooted in a deep understanding of those who are different from us through contextual understanding and macro perspective-taking, offers a framework for teaching social justice that addresses critiques of the profession, such as a partisan political perspective. To explore this potential, the study examined relationships between interpersonal empathy, social empathy, political affiliation, and policy positions on issues related to social and economic justice with a sample of social work students. Findings support the teaching of social empathy as a way to promote students’ understanding and advancement of social and economic justice.
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Elizabeth A. Segal
Elizabeth A. Segal is professor at Arizona State University. M. Alex Wagaman is assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
M. Alex Wagaman
Elizabeth A. Segal is professor at Arizona State University. M. Alex Wagaman is assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.