Discussion 1

 

Week 2Global Issues

Collaboration Café

Purpose

The purpose of this collaboration café is for you to reflect on the impact globalization has on marginalized, oppressed, and disenfranchised populations. It is also an opportunity to consider the impact of globalization on the environment.

Course Outcomes

This collaboration café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

• CO 5: Students will understand the impact of social work’s complicity in furthering oppressive and discriminatory practices on individuals, families, groups, and communities (Competency 3, 6, 7, 9).

Discussion 

Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge

Step 1: In Chapter 5 of Healy and Thomas (2021), the authors explore “global social issues of concern to social workers” (p. 107). Specifically, they identify the following issues and populations:

• The rate of international poverty and the harms it causes
• The threats to health, safety, autonomy, and equality faced by women
• Child mortality and various threats to children’s well-being and development
• The significant increase in senior populations worldwide and expected increases through 2050
• The rise in human-caused and natural disasters and the undue burden these place on the poor

Step 2: Answer the following question below with explanation and detail. No scholarly sources are required.

• Question 1: If you were to apply for an internship in an international setting, what issue or population would you be most inclined to focus on, and what region or country would be your preference? The issues/populations can be from one discussed in Chapter 5 or elsewhere. Please note: You will revisit this social issue in the Week 4 assignment.
• Question 2: Describe the social issue you chose and explain why you made that choice.
• Question 3: Identify and describe the resources you would use to learn more about how the U.S. and other countries address the social issue you chose.

 

Required Textbooks

The following books are required for this course:

• Title: International Social WorkProfessional Action in an Interdependent WorldAuthors: Lynne Moore Healy, Rebecca Leela ThomasPublisher: Oxford University PressPublication Date: 2020-07-30Edition: 3rdAPA CitationHealy, L.M., & Thomas, R.L. (2021). International social work: Professional action in an interdependent world (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

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