ABSTRACT

Policy practice is central to social work and has particular potential for furthering social justice. This paper presents and analyzes data collected as part of an assessment of a project aimed at advancing policy practice skills of foundation year MSW students. Specifically, it aims to address the question: how do students incorporate social justice issues related to racial, ethnic, and poverty inequity within their understanding of policy practice? One hundred and sixty one students described their field-based policy practice project and how it related to social justice. Review of these reports identified several key themes. We provide further reflection on how to strengthen field-based policy practice activities and their linkage with social justice.

摘要

政策实践是社会工作的核心，并具有促进社会正义的特殊潜力。本文介绍和分析了作为项目评估的一部分收集的数据，该项目旨在提高基础年 MSW 学生的政策实践技能。具体来说，它旨在解决以下问题：学生如何将与种族、民族和贫困不平等相关的社会正义问题纳入他们对政策实践的理解？161 名学生描述了他们基于实地的政策实践项目以及它与社会正义的关系。审查这些报告确定了几个关键主题。我们进一步思考如何加强基于实地的政策实践活动及其与社会正义的联系。