Where Canadian social work educators situate the natural environment – an exploration

This study explores the level of importance and the degree of inclusion social work educators give to the natural environment in Canadian social work university courses and curricula. Social work education and environmental intersections are explored through the reports submitted by 121 Canadian university social work educators who constitute this exploratory study’s sample group. Their responses to an on-line survey provide preliminary insight into the importance and inclusion they assign the natural environment in the courses they teach and addresses both supports and constraints that influence their curriculum planning. The information gleaned from this pilot study points to possible next steps for curriculum development as well as directions for more complex and in-depth research.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Graduate Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Burns, Deborah M.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lysack, Mishka

• Social Work

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28698

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/223