The Response of Social Work to the Multicultural Reality in the United States: Reflections and Implications for Taiwanese Social Work

美國社會工作對多元文化境況的回應：省思及借鏡

林木筆(Muh-Bi Lin)

《社會政策與社會工作學刊》 11卷2期 (2007/12) Pp. 78-109

https://doi.org/10.6785/SPSW.200712.0078

摘要

美國社會多元化伴隨著種族歧視等社會不公義的狀況，美國社會工作者協會(NASW)及美國社會工作教育協會(CSWE)政策的演變呈現出社會工作對此現象的回應，如何提升社會工作者的多元文化工作能力也是學術界關心的主要課題之一。本文介紹及檢視美國NASW及CSWE現有關於多元文化社會工作的政策，多種多元文化工作與教育的理論架構及模式，並同時提供台灣社會工作多元文化教育與實務發展一些意見。

關鍵字

多元文化社會工作 ； 多元文化知能 ； 社會公義 ； 社會工作教育

並列摘要

The multicultural reality in the United States entails a harsh reality of oppressions and various forms of socio-economic injustice. The evolution of policies in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) represents a shift of recognition and response to this phenomenon. There has been increasing concern in academia for the importance and urgency of enhancing multicultural competence of social work practitioners. This paper introduces and critiques existing NASW and CSWE policies relating to multicultural competence in social work practice and evaluates various conceptual models on multicultural social work practice and education. Implications for Taiwanese multicultural social work education and practices are provided.

並列關鍵字

multicultural social work ； cultural competence ； social justice ； social work education

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