ABSTRACT This study explored whether the experience of completing a Bachelor of Social Work degree with embedded diversity education has an effect on a student’s cultural humility, specifically looking at the variables of cultural awareness and commitment to lifelong learning. Students were administered the Diversity & Oppression Scale at the beginning and end of the BSW program. An independent sample t-test determined there was a significant difference in mean scores on the DOS subscale for cultural diversity, self-confidence and awareness between the pretest and the posttest (t (136) = − 2.65, p < .001) as well as a significant difference in an item related to lifelong learning scores between the pretest and the posttest (t (139) = − 2.253, p < .05). These results suggest that awareness of diverse populations improves as students progress through the curriculum while their recognition of the importance of continuing education and lifelong learning also expands. Given the effectiveness of specific diversity courses found in the literature, future research may wish to focus on the content and quality of diversity learning experiences possible via various approaches to enhance students’ cultural awareness and commitment to lifelong learning.

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文化卑微还是混混？衡量BSW课程中嵌入多样性内容的有效性

摘要本研究探讨了通过嵌入的多样性教育完成社会工作学士学位的经历是否会影响学生的文化谦卑感，特别是着眼于文化意识和终身学习承诺的变量。在BSW计划的开始和结束时，对学生进行了多样性和压迫量表。一个独立的样本t检验确定了DOS子量表在文化多样性，自信心和意识方面的平均分在前测和后测之间也存在显着差异（t（136）= − 2.65，p <.001）前测试和后测试之间与终身学习成绩相关的项目存在显着差异（t（139）=-2.253，p <.05）。这些结果表明，随着学生在课程中的进步，对不同人群的意识也有所提高，同时他们对继续教育和终身学习的重要性的认识也在扩大。考虑到文献中特定多样性课程的有效性，未来的研究可能希望着重于通过各种途径提高学生的文化意识和终身学习承诺的多样性学习经验的内容和质量。