School of Social Work College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota

School of Social Work

Teaching Philosophy

The School of Social Work offers a high-quality education that instills in its graduates the capability to incorporate and apply social work values, knowledge, and skills to advanced practice; to anticipate human needs in a rapidly changing society; to promote and offer programs and services that meet those needs; and to use scholarly inquiry in advancing professional knowledge and improving standards of practice.

The teaching philosophy of the School of Social Work is:

  1. to promote a community of cooperative learning.
  2. to build a learning environment that continually responds to needs of the profession, the state and beyond.
  3. to use technology to improve teaching and learning
  4. to increase access of diverse student populations.
  5. to promote social justice in a multicultural society
  6. to provide a professional social work degree that which fully complies with the standards for professional education set by internal/external review bodies.