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ERIC Number: EJ955128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-May
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-7136
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The Manifestation and Integration of Embodied Knowing into Social Work Practice
Sodhi, Mininder K.; Cohen, Harriet L.
Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, v62 n2 p120-137 May 2012
Traditionally, research in both adult education and social work fields have focused on cognitive ways of knowing. Although both disciplines have acknowledged other ways of knowing, there has been minimal focus on noncognitive ways of knowing, including embodied knowing. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how social workers incorporated embodied knowing into their social work practice. Ten social workers from a variety of settings were interviewed to understand how they learned to trust their bodies as a site of knowing and integrate embodied knowing into their social work practices. Using a feminist theoretical framework, findings indicated that participants embraced and trusted their embodied knowing as a valid source of knowledge. Participants identified internal reactions in social work interactions and described how they processed these somatic sensations to guide their practices. Implications for social work practitioners and social work and adult educators are discussed. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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