Abstract
While films are popular as teaching tools in social work education, to critique social inequalities, horror films have not been the conventional genre. This teaching note describes the creation and deployment of a course that uses horror films to address social justice issues as part of different critical reflection, which is linked to practice wisdom. The author describes the structure of course, readings, activities, and reflections for expanding the use of this genre and well as limitations. The
use of horror films can be a useful and salient tool to engage students to draw upon social constructions of what it means to be fearful or scared, and teach about infractions to human nature from a social work perspective. Broad implications are discussed, including other genres and the availability of resources to replicate this course in other settings.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2024.2344494
Repository Citation
Conner, Laneshia R. and Machinga, Rujeko, "Addressing Pedagogical Challenges in Teaching Social Justice Issues: Are We Scared Yet?" (2024). Social Work Faculty Publications. 19.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/csw_facpub/19
Notes/Citation Information
© 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.