TY - JOUR
T1 - International encounters
T2 - Experiences of visitors and hosts in a cross-cultural program
AU - Ranz, Rebecca
AU - Nuttman-Shwartz, Orit
AU - Thachil, Githa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Council on Social Work Education.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - The present study aimed to gain further insights into how visiting international social work students and their hosts from different cultures learn about each others social services, culture, and personal values. Six Israeli students and 8 Indian students have written narratives and reflections on their experiences in the international encounter during the fieldwork exchange program. Content analysis of the students papers revealed a learning process that students go through, through which paternalistic attitudes move in the direction of cultural sensitivity that leads to cultural relativism, and then moves back again. Through this process, the students acquire the knowledge and skills they need for implementing international social work in line with social work values and declaration.
AB - The present study aimed to gain further insights into how visiting international social work students and their hosts from different cultures learn about each others social services, culture, and personal values. Six Israeli students and 8 Indian students have written narratives and reflections on their experiences in the international encounter during the fieldwork exchange program. Content analysis of the students papers revealed a learning process that students go through, through which paternalistic attitudes move in the direction of cultural sensitivity that leads to cultural relativism, and then moves back again. Through this process, the students acquire the knowledge and skills they need for implementing international social work in line with social work values and declaration.
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U2 - 10.1080/10437797.2015.1012933
DO - 10.1080/10437797.2015.1012933
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928600532
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 51
SP - 343
EP - 358
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 2
ER -