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Group discussion: Students should return to the questions with which the session
began: “Today, we live in a gender-equal world in social work” OR “Today,
we do not live in a gender-equal world in social work”. Have opinions
changed or are they still the same?
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Still images: Students are asked to discuss as a group how each student sees the
future of women in social work. After the discussion, the students create, in
small groups, a series of still images (perhaps three images), which illustrate
their conceptions of “women in social work in the near future”.
Group discussion: A discussion about the images and about historical trends in
the local history of gender in social work. Where are we now, where have we
come from, and where are we going to in future?
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Marking the moment: Members of the group choose a moment that was particularly
meaningful or important to them and to which they attach their most
important learning experiences. The session ends after a shared discussion of
these meaningful moments/experiences and a short evaluation.
Other teaching tips and assignments for students:
1. Ask your students to analyse the ‘gender order’ of social work on
the basis of historical social work research in your country. You
may also use national statistics as a means of gaining an overall
picture. Ask students to analyse in small groups what research
tells them about gender roles in the social work (or social welfare)
profession. How would they describe the historical developments
of recent decades? Can they identify specific ‘key moments’
that have been crucial from the gender perspective?
2. Ask your students to examine the selected material you have provided
(copies of articles, stories and pictures from old magazines).
Instruct them to analyse, in small groups, the impression given by
the material concerning “women in social work” and “men in social
work”. What kind of differences or congruencies do they find?
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