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Decrypting cultural nuances: using drama techniques from the theatre of the oppressed to strengthen cross cultural communication in social work students

  • Lana Burroughs
    ,
  • Bethel Muzuva
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

Despite widening participation in social work education in the UK, social work students from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds can find that they have less positive experiences on social work courses than their counterparts. This can happen when courses do not equip students to navigate the subtle rules of communication with service users that are premised on dominant UK values. As a consequence BME students can be assessed as having poor interpersonal skills and poor skills in engaging service users. However, the issue is often more one of cultural differences and high expectations of cultural integration than one of incompetence.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 666-673

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Social Work Education (Volume 38, Issue 5)

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 04/03/2019
  • Published - 25/03/2019

Publication status

Published - 25/03/2019

ISSN

0261-5479

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624169
  • Scopus: 85063503775

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