Study on Social Work Philosophy and Educational Method Related to Ethnicity in Japan, United States and United Kingdom

本研究的目的是通过两种调查，一种是关于社会工作哲学和教育内容的文献调查，另一种是在美国华盛顿大学和英国南安普顿大学进行的访谈调查，为开发新的社会工作教育课程奠定基础。(1)种族问题是反压迫和人类多样性综合概念中的一个要素。(2)在美国和英国，教育认证标准要求教育机构在课程和教育内容中包括反压迫和多样性。(3)全国社会工作者协会制定了《社会工作实践中的文化能力标准》，总结了社会工作实践中的能力。

The purpose of this study is to create the cornerstone for developing a new program in social work education on the basis of two kinds of survey, one is literature survey about philosophy of social work and content of education focusing on ethnicity, the other is interview survey at Washington University in the United States of America and Southampton University in the United Kingdom.The results were summarized as follows. (1) Ethnicity has been dealt with one of the element in comprehensive concept of Anti-oppressive and Human Diversity. (2) In both the USA and the UK, educational certification standards required educational facilities to include anti-oppressive and diversity in the curriculum and the contents of education. (3) The National Association of Social Workers made "Standards for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice" and summarized competencies for social work practices.