Biculturalism in Social Work Practice: Transforming the Dominant Discourse

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Author(s): Elias Paul Martis (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shahul Hameed (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand), Siham El-Kafafi (Arrows Research Consultancy Limited, New Zealand)and Rawiri Waretini-Karena (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, New Zealand)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6061-6.ch023

Keywords: Culture & Population Studies / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities / Socio-Economic Development

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Social work education and practice has primarily been dominated by a medical model worldview. Traditional social work frameworks and medical models have focused on deficits or psychopathology and limited wellness to bio-psycho-social dimensions. In 2005, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWOA) introduced a social work degree that incorporates Māori holistic models of well-being and practice. The degree was further developed into a four-year degree in 2016. This chapter looks at the contribution made by this bicultural social work degree to social work education and practice. This innovative and bold initiative by TWOA accords privilege to Māori and other indigenous bodies of knowledge and practice frameworks equal to those of western theories and frameworks. The bicultural degree argues that an indigenous approach to social work education and practice frameworks are not in competition or antithesis to western frameworks but are complementary and complete the helping process.

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