The Impact of the Human Rights Education Program for Women on Gender Perceptions of Social Work Students

Autor/inn/en	Altinova, Hasan H.; Duyan, Veli; Megahead, Hamido A.
Titel	The Impact of the Human Rights Education Program for Women on Gender Perceptions of Social Work Students
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 29 (2019) 1, S.113-121 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731516679889
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Citizenship Education; Females; College Students; Foreign Countries; Social Work; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Student Attitudes; Womens Education; Outcomes of Education; Sex Role; Gender Bias; Sex Fairness; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Ausland; Soziale Arbeit; Schülerverhalten; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sexualaufklärung
Abstract	Objectives: This study examines the impact of women's human rights education on improving the gender perceptions (GPs) of social work students. Methods: Experimental group consists of third-year social work students participated in the "Human Rights Education Program for Women (HREP)" within the scope of social work principles and methods II course given in Ankara University, Department of Social Work, whereas control group consists of the same class students who did not participate in the program. Gender Perception Scale was employed as an outcome measure tool in the study in which 65 students participated. The research in question is a quasi-experimental study, where pretest-posttest model is used. The HREP was performed on the students in a total of 12 sessions and each session lasted about 120 min. Results: The research study revealed GP levels of the social work students participated in the HREP were improved. Conclusions: HREP is effective in educating women on human rights; hence, this program should be used to educate female students at universities and create awareness on human rights. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01