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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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Essential and Neglected: Transforming Classroom Learning through Relationship
Farber, Naomi; Penney, Patrice
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, v40 n2 p95-113 2020
Features of the academic context of social work education threaten the loss of traditional educational attention to relational capacity, an indispensable condition for all forms of social work practice and thus a necessary priority for professional education. We argue that the development of relational capacity should occur in classroom as well as in field settings. We propose a conceptual framework for relational classroom teaching that draws on theories of attachment, concepts of empathy and positive regard, relational-cultural theory, recent neuroscience research, and interpersonal neurobiology. Finally, we identify constituent core relational classroom practices that support the development of these competencies.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Work, Instruction, Interpersonal Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Empathy, Neurosciences, Higher Education, College Students, Psychological Patterns, Cultural Awareness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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