Diversity and Social Justice in Social Work
This is a free online course that you can enhance your knowledge and critical thinking skills related to diversity, human rights and social justice and injustice.
In this course, you will gradually develop your understanding towards engaging diversity and differences in social work practice, and advancing human rights and social and economic justice.
This course is part of the Social Work: Practice, Policy and Research MicroMasters Program offered by MichiganX.
You will learn the following main points:
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills for working for justice, enacting critical consciousness, and engaging and addressing issues of power and diversity.
- Demonstrate knowledge of social locations, constructions, processes, and identities and the diversity within these.
- Demonstrate skills in critical contextual thinking, applying multiple theories and frameworks to illuminate underlying assumptions, biases and possible opportunities, and engaging in praxis.
- Demonstrate awareness of the sources of power, how to mobilize power towards positive change, and ways to challenge oppressive assumptions, biases, and prejudices.