Preparing Students for Complex Humanitarian Contexts

Townsend, Annie

doi:10.1080/10437797.2021.1932648

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“…This inspires me when refining work where ontology is just not a way of knowing it is a way of being in the world (Boje, 2020, p. 5). Theorists are now suggesting qualitative researchers consider moving beyond a single Western ontology to a relational ontology (Townsend and McMahon, 2021, p. 1831) or mixes of critical ontologies (Boje, 2020, p. 38) for clarifying cultural experience. Bringing focus to things people usually ignore (Lather, 2013) can create an infinite number of localised identities, cultures and languages.…”

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“…For the academic researcher, this involves mixing ontologies (Boje, 2020) or drawing on the localised ontologies of a relational world view (Townsend and McMahon, 2021) to provide new epistemologies for better understanding scepticism. For the practitioner, this opens opportunities for reminding others of the value of qualitative research for improving business outcomes while remaining open to expressions of doubt.…”

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Living with the scepticism for qualitative research: a phenomenological polyethnography

Taylor,

Crestani

2023

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore how an academic researcher and a practitioner experience scepticism for their qualitative research.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies Olt and Teman's new conceptual phenomenological polyethnography (2019) methodology, a hybrid of phenomenology and duoethnography.FindingsFor the researcher-participants, the essence of living with scepticism means feeling a sense of injustice; struggling with the desire for simplicity and quantification; being in a circle of uneasiness; having a survival mechanism; and embracing healthy scepticism. They experience the essence differently and similarly in varied cultural contexts. Through duoethnographic conversations, they acknowledge that while there can be scepticism of their work, it is important to remain sceptical, persistent and curious by challenging traditional concepts. Theoretical and practical advances in artificial intelligence (AI) continue to highlight the need for clarifying qualitative researcher roles in academia and practice.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the debate of qualitative versus quantitative research. Its originality is in exploring scepticism as lived experience, from an academic and practitioner perspective and applying a phenomenological polyethnography approach that blends two different traditional research paradigms.

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Living with the scepticism for qualitative research: a phenomenological polyethnography

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Crestani

2023

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“…In response to Emery's story, we offer some key principles to inform an intercultural pedagogical intervention. Such an intervention is to prepare Emery for complexities of humanitarian contexts by strengthening his intercultural awareness during his IFE, ensuring improved learning outcomes for him and preparing him for future practice [3][4][5]. The intercultural awareness pedagogy is informed by the principles of reflexive practice, cultural awareness, lifelong practice, and relationality (Figure 2).…”

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“…As the world continues to witness increasing crises, disasters, and unrelenting poverty, we notice many university students are filled with a desire to help. With humanitarian organisations requiring more human resources on the ground to work in these complex humanitarian contexts [1,2], International Field Education (IFE) experiences provide a pathway for students to take up a humanitarian career [3][4][5]. However, successful learning experiences during an IFE requires intercultural awareness.…”

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Preparing Social Work Students for International Field Education through Intercultural Awareness

Townsend,

Stobaus

2023

Social Work - Perceptions for a New Era

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As the world continues to witness increasing humanitarian crises, social work students are filled with a desire to help. International Field Education provides important preparation for social work students for a future whereby complex humanitarian contexts will inform their practice. In this chapter, we use a case study to introduce some of the humanitarian complexities social work students experience during International Field Education. We then show how an exchange between the student and the Field Educator is informed by intercultural awareness pedagogy. We break this pedagogy down into a suite of pedagogical principles. We use this exchange to complement and fill the gaps in existing research on how to improve intercultural awareness in students of the complexities that unfold during International Field Education and thereby set students up to have the foundational knowledge for future work.

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“…Цікавими для нас є наукові дослідження фахівців, результати яких показують, що «молодийстарий» мають тенденцію розглядатись більш позитивно, аніж «старий-старий», якщо ми говоримо про надання соціальної послуги особам похилого віку, і те, що до жінок ставляться позитивніше, ніж до чоловіків похилого віку [4] (1984). У цій шкалі респондентам було запропоновано обвести оцінку від 1 до 5, де 1 дорівнює позитивному атрибуту, а 5 дорівнює відповідному негативному атрибуту.…”

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Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of Social Work to Provide Services to the Elderly

Klymus¹,

Kozak²

2022

Visnik Zaporiz'kogo naciohai'nogo universitetu. Pedagogicni nau

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The article considers the main factors of influence of future specialists in social work, the master's year of study on the choice of the direction of professional work on the provision of social services to the elderly in Ukraine. The article is devoted to the attitude to the elderly as a target group of social services: they independently decide on the choice of elective discipline in the field of gerontology and palliative care, which is especially important when choosing a future direction in social work. Attention is drawn to the fact that it is important to motivate students to engage in social work with the elderly, by encouraging practical and volunteer activities in public and private institutions that specialize in providing social services to the elderly. It was found that students are influenced by gender aspects when choosing a target group, but the age category of this group does not significantly affect the choice of future social workers. It is concluded that it is the practical disciplines and involvement of students in volunteer projects that influences their choice and motivates social work with the elderly. A parallel is drawn between the choice of elective discipline and the chosen direction of master's students. It is determined that the understanding of the practice of social work with elderly people by students is reduced to day care and communication with them, which contradicts the provision on the provision of social day care services for the elderly in Ukraine. The study clearly showed the need to involve students at all stages of learning, but with varying degrees of independence and complexity, in identifying and addressing the social problems of older people. The need to introduce courses in gerontology and palliative care as basic, not just elective subjects, was emphasized.

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Preparing Students for Complex Humanitarian Contexts

Cited by 6 publications

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Living with the scepticism for qualitative research: a phenomenological polyethnography

Living with the scepticism for qualitative research: a phenomenological polyethnography

Preparing Social Work Students for International Field Education through Intercultural Awareness

Factors Influencing Students’ Choice of Social Work to Provide Services to the Elderly

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