Cultivating Cultural Humility in Social Work Teaching: What Can Be Done Differently?

Saumya Tripathi

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As an Indian social work instructor in the United States, I came across cultural differences between my students and me. This reflection paper aims to share culturally humble teaching practices that I utilized while teaching and how they aided me in overcoming and understanding those cultural differences in the classroom. I believe the shared experience will help international instructors who experience similar cultural differences in their academic careers.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v2i1.1255

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