Teaching critical self-reflection through the lens of cultural humility: an assignment in a social work diversity course

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

25 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Rosen, D., McCall, J. & Goodkind , S. (2017). Teaching critical self-reflection through the lens of cultural humility: an assignment in a social work diversity course, Social Work Education36(3), 289-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1287260

This study explores social work graduate students’ evaluation of an assignment involving food. The assignment was designed to develop empathy and cultural humility. The article contains a description of the assignment and questions for critical reflection. There is enough information that the assignment could be adapted for other contexts. It would be important, however, to ensure an environment of openness and mutual support for the assignment to work as well as it did for the authors of the article.