On Becoming a Christian Educator in Social Work

On Becoming a Christian Educator in Social Work is a compelling invitation for social workers of faith in higher education to explore what it means to be a Christian in social work education. By highlighting seven core commitments of Christian social work educators, it offers strategies for social work educators to connect their personal faith journeys to effective teaching practices with their students. As David Sherwood notes in his foreword to this important book: Michael writes about what it means to take seriously the call to be a Christian social work educator, seeking to be a faithful, whole person one who authentically integrates faith, learning, teaching, and practice. . . Though grounded in research on student expectations and perceptions regarding faith integration in social work classrooms and a Christian worldview, this book is not a philosophical or theological treatise on integration and epistemology. The book is immanently practical. . . Some specific classroom components will be more applicable in explicitly Christian colleges and universities, but the overall framework of thinking about the vocation of the Christian social work educator can be applied by Christian educators in any setting.