Eco-Activism and Greening the Social Professions Curriculum: Teaching and Learning Ecosocial Work in an Irish University

Mary Hurley; Catherine Forde; Fiachra O. Suilleabháin

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58708-5_8

Eco-Activism and Greening the Social Professions Curriculum: Teaching and Learning Ecosocial Work in an Irish University

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Abstract

The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 refers to the need to educate populations about climate change. This can be achieved by training novice and frontline workers in the social and helping professions in the causes and effects of climate change and how human and natural ecologies are fundamentally entwined. This chapter discusses the origins, delivery, and outcomes of two new ecosocial work modules introduced to the Master of Social Work and BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) qualifying degree programs in University College Cork in recent years. The chapter argues for a fundamental shift toward a critical and activist pedagogy that counters the anthropocentric focus of the social professions, challenges neoliberal hegemony, and focuses on principles of ecological social justice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Teaching and Learning in Ecosocial Work
Subtitle of host publication	Concepts, Methods and Practice
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	113-131
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031587085
ISBN (Print)	9783031587078
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58708-5_8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Climate change
Ecosocial work activism
Greening the curriculum
Social professions
Teaching and learning

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Teaching and Learning in Ecosocial Work: Concepts, Methods and Practice. Springer Nature, 2024. p. 113-131.

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