The Role of Gender in Practice Knowledge:

Feminist critiques of the social sciences are based on the assumption that because the social sciences were developed for the most part by white, middle-class, Western men, the perspectives of women were ignored. This book offers an approach for integrating gender-related content into the social work curriculum. The distinguished contributors discuss the shortcoming of dominant knowledge, address the pressing need for a gender-integrated curriculum, consider the pedagogies consistent with the implementation of an integrate curriculum, address specific areas in social work education, assessing content, and assumptions, and discuss strategic issues for the implementation of curricular knowledge.

Preface

xiii

(4)

Acknowledgments

xvii

Chapter 1: Toward a Gender-integrated Knowledge in Social Work

3

(38)

Josefina Figueira-McDonough

Introduction

3

(2)

Missing Half of the Human Experience: Limited and Distorted Knowledge

5

(2)

The Embeddedness and Pervasiveness of Gender

7

(4)

In Search of Inclusive Knowledge

11

(12)

The Case of Social Work Education: Readiness for Change and New Contributions

23

(10)

References

33

(8)

Chapter 2: Human Behavior in the Social Environment: The Role of Gender in the Expansion of Practice Knowledge

41

(52)

Elizabeth D. Hutchison

Leanne Wood Charlesworth

Introduction

41

(8)

Analysis of Prevailing Theoretical Perspectives

49

(20)

Implications for Ongoing Change in the HBSE Curriculum

69

(2)

Conclusion

71

(1)

Appendix 2-1: Women's Stories: Popular and Social Science Literature About Women

72

(4)

Appendix 2-2: HBSE Curriculum Module: A Gendered View of Coping

76

(4)

References

80

(13)

Chapter 3: Direct Practice: Addressing Gender in Practice from a Multicultural Feminist Perspective

93

(34)

Iris Carlton-LaNey

Janice Andrews

Introduction

93

(1)

Historical Overview of Direct Practice

93

(7)

Models of Practice and Their Theoretical Orientations

100

(7)

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Approaches

107

(1)

The Empowerment Perspective

108

(9)

Conclusion

117

(2)

Appendix 3-1: Exercises to Enhance Practice in a Diverse Environment

119

(3)

References

122

(5)

Chapter 4: Psychopathology

127

(42)

Jose B. Ashford

Jill Littrell

Introduction

127

(3)

The Social Construction of Mental Disorders

130

(4)

Conundrums in Defining Mental Disorders

134

(8)

Differences in Rates Between the Genders

142

(8)

Premenstrual Findings and Other Reproductive Events

150

(3)

Gender Differences with Respect to Access and Delivery of Treatment Services

153

(1)

Final Thoughts

154

(3)

Appendix 4-1: Psychopathology

157

(2)

References

159

(10)

Chapter 5: Teaching About Groups in a Gendered World: Toward Curricular Transformation in Group Work Education

169

(36)

Lorraine Gutierrez

Beth Glover Reed

Robert Ortega

Edith Lewis

Introduction

169

(2)

Our Foundations: Social Group Work

171

(2)

A Feminist Perspective on Group Work Practice

173

(1)

Knowledge for Curricular Transformation

174

(13)

Teaching About Gender and Group Work

187

(6)

Summary

193

(1)

Appendix 5-1: Integrating Gender into an Existing Social Work Course with Group Content

194

(6)

References

200

(5)

Chapter 6: Gender and Families

205

(36)

Janet Finn

Introduction

205

(1)

Are We Family?

206

(2)

Thinking of Family: The Dominant Theories in Social Work

208

(5)

The Family/Gender System

213

(2)

Engendering the Family in Social Work

215

(2)

Gender, Family, and Labor: Politics of the Everyday

217

(3)

Expanding Knowledge of Family Diversity

220

(3)

Implications for Teaching Practice with Families

223

(5)

Appendix 6-1: Families in Social Work Knowledge and Practice

228

(4)

References

232

(9)

Chapter 7: Women, Communities, and Development

241

(46)

Marie Weil

Dorothy N. Gamble

Evelyn Smith Williams

Introduction

241

(1)

History of Community Practice

242

(8)

Feminist Knowledge and Community Practice

250

(4)

Current Community Practice

254

(10)

Feminist Applications of the General Models

264

(7)

Conclusions and New Emphases for Social Work Education

271

(1)

Appendix 7-1: Assignments

272

(3)

References

275

(12)

Chapter 8: Integrating Gender into Human Service Organization, Administration, and Planning Curricula

287

(36)

F. Ellen Netting

Mary K. Rodwell

Introduction

287

(3)

Assumptions of Dominant Theories and Practice Models

290

(11)

Reconstruction of Theories and Practice Models

301

(7)

Proposed Revisions: Redesign of the Social Work Curriculum

308

(7)

Conclusion

315

(1)

Appendix 8-1: Planning and Administration in Social Work Practice

315

(3)

References

318

(5)

Chapter 9: Gender and Social Welfare Policy

323

(34)

Ann Nichols-Casebolt

Introduction

323

(1)

Traditional Knowledge in Social Welfare Policy

324

(13)

Policy Analysis Models for Evaluating Social Policy Alternatives

337

(7)

Curricular Revision

344

(4)

Conclusion

348

(1)

Appendix 9-1: Potential Learning Activities for Social Policy Courses

349

(3)

References

352

(5)

Chapter 10: The Role of Gender in Practice Knowledge: Research

357

(50)

Paula S. Nurius

Cynthia Franklin

Introduction

357

(1)

What's Wrong with the Way Things Are?

358

(12)

Teaching Methodological Diversity in Research

370

(3)

Teaching Multiple Research Strategies

373

(4)

Helping Students Learn the Research Process

377

(4)

Teaching Students to Evaluate

381

(2)

Teaching Research Through a Social Work Lens

383

(4)

Conclusion

387

(3)

Appendix 10-1: Teaching Exercises for Expanding the Knowledge of Gender in Practice Research

390

(7)

References

397

(10)

Chapter 11: Designing and Implementing Curricular Change

407

(26)

Josefina Figueira-McDonough

F. Ellen Netting

Ann Nichols-Casebolt

Introduction

407

(1)

Schools of Social Work as Targets of Change

408

(1)

Universities as the Context

409

(6)

Resources for Promoting Change

415

(5)

Examining and Overcoming Resistance to Change

420

(2)

Parameters, Ideal Types, and Flexibility in Promoting Second-Order Changes

422

(4)

Cultural Transformation Strategies

426

(2)

Conclusion

428

(1)

References

429

(4)

Contributors

433

(8)

Index

441

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The Role of Gender in Practice Knowledge: Claiming Half the Human Experience

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