Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2018

Publication Source

Journal of Social Work Education

Abstract

At an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course in a correctional facility, roughly half the students are from the university (outside students) and half are residents of the facility (inside students). I participated as a teaching assistant in an Inside-Out social work course on drugs and crime that was offered in a prison for men and interpreted the observed and reported experience of students using Lukács’ concepts of recognition and reification as discussed by Axel Honneth. This teaching note explores the implications of the Inside-Out course for outside students’ reification and recognition of people who are incarcerated, and by extension, members of groups that typically receive social work services. The pedagogical elements of Inside-Out courses that promote recognition and the limitations of the program are discussed.

Inclusive pages

591-597

ISBN/ISSN

1043-7797

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document available for download after the required embargo ending July 1, 2019, is the author's accepted manuscript, provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving.

For this paper, the author won the 2015 Teaching Social Problems Paper Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Volume

54

Issue

3

Peer Reviewed

yes

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