CONTENT AREAS FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK

CONTENT AREAS FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK

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Calls for the integration of spirituality into social work curricula emerged in the Westernliterature on the issue over two 9x11 pergola decades ago (Canda, 1989).Empirical enquiries in theAmerican and British contexts proliferated, revealing a conspicuous void in spiritualityeducation (Furman, Benson, Canda & Grimwood, 2005; Gilligan & Furness, 2006; Graff,2007).They also showed strong support for the introduction of a course on spirituality andsocial work, thus leading many schools of social work to begin anodized pearl price xbox offering it as an elective in theUnited States (Bhagwan, 2002).

In contrast, the schism between spirituality and social work inpractice, education and research has been pronounced in South Africa.