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Aboriginal Social Work Academics: Failure to Thrive due to Having to Fight to Survive?
- Source :
- Australian Social Work. 75:344-357
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- The Behrendt report (2012) highlighted the significant lack of representation of Aboriginal people in higher education. It called for a collaborative approach by governments, universities, and professional bodies to drive systemic changes. In the last decade, this has resulted in an increase of Aboriginal students, staff, and researchers. This article presents a qualitative research study in which Aboriginal social work academic participants described their experiences of curriculum changes, workload, and research in the academy. Implications for universities, and social work programs, in particular, show where more is needed in the form of antiracist action plans and follow-through with these to address failure to thrive due to having to fight to survive in the academy.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Social work
Higher education
business.industry
antiracist action
Australia
Aboriginal social work academics
Public relations
Representation (politics)
systemic racism
Failure to thrive
medicine
Sociology
medicine.symptom
business
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14470748 and 0312407X
- Volume :
- 75
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Social Work
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....346d4173e90c69b35af9532b4b1861ad