Greening Social Work Education / edited by Susan Hillock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hillock, Susan, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work education--Environmental aspects.

Social work education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : University of Toronto Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Despite urgent calls for global action, sustainable social work practice, and a solid "green" theoretical knowledge base, North American social work and helping professions have been slow to learn from community activists, acknowledge the international climate emergency, and act collectively to achieve climate justice. Greening Social Work Education examines how social work educators can best incorporate sustainability content into social work curricula, integrate green teaching methods, and mobilize students and colleagues towards climate action, justice, and leadership. Drawing on Canadian content, this collection highlights Indigenous, eco-feminist, collective-action, and multi-interdisciplinary approaches to social work. The book provides a rationale for why the topic of greening is important for social work and the helping professions; discussion of current debates, tensions, and issues; useful ideas related to innovative interdisciplinary theoretical approaches, analyses, and constructs; and practical recommendations for teaching green social work education. In doing so, Greening Social Work Education strives to help social workers and educators gain the confidence and tools they need to transform their teaching and curricula."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One: Centring Indigenous Approaches and Celebrating Multi/Inter-disciplinarity / Susan Hillock

Indigenous Sovereignty Is Climate Action: Centring Indigenous Lands and Jurisdiction in Social Work Education towards Climate Justice / Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara and Chris Hiller

Nature for Whom? Justice in Environmental Education / Stephen Hill, Stephanie Rutherford, and James Wilkes

The Challenges of Reorienting Pre-service Teacher Education for Sustainability / Paul Elliott

An Invitation to the Learning Garden: Green Lessons from a School of Education / Kelly Young and Karleen Pendleton Jiménez

Part Two: Key Environmental Issues: What Every Social Worker Should Know / Susan Hillock

Social Ecology, Hierarchy, and Social Action: Opportunities for Eco-social Work Education / Robert Case

Nutritional Social Work: An Avenue for Teaching in Social Work Education about Sustainability and the Climate Emergency / Arielle Dylan, Jenni Cammaert, and Lea Tufford

The War-Climate Nexus: Educating Future Social Workers about the Global Adversities Related to War, Climate Change, and Environmental Degradation / Bree Akesson

Finding a Place for Animals in Green Social Work Education and Practice / Jasmine Tiffany Ferreira, Atsuko Matsuoka, and John Sorenson

Part Three: Greening Social Work Education: Practical Application / Susan Hillock

Towards a Radical Ecological Grounding in Social Work Education / James P. Mulvale

Reimagining Environmental-Ecological Social Work in Québec / Sue-Ann MacDonald and Jeanne Dagenais-Lespérance

Greening Social Work Education: Teaching Environmental Rights in Community Practice / David Androff

The Red-Green Manifesto for Greening Social Work Education / Susan Hillock.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781487555238

1487555237

9781487555245

1487555245

OCLC:

1401980537