If You Give a Social Worker a Classroom: Reflections of a First-Time Social Work Educator
Abstract
This article explores the reflections of a social worker during her first semester as a teaching
assistant for an undergraduate social work course during her doctoral studies. It presents her
narrative experience in adapting to the role of educator and integrating this role with her
identity as a social worker. Specifically, it discusses purposefulness, balance of interests and
concerns, dual role issues, self-awareness, and challenges in grading and ethics for a social
worker turned educator by means of relating subjective experiences and reflections.
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