ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 7 > Iss. 6 (1980)
Abstract
The paper discusses the use of science fiction in social work education as a mechanism for values clarification for the student social worker. Both personal opinions and values, and those stereotypes to which we have all been socialized, can be brought to awareness as reality separate from fact or knowledge by discussion of the alternate futures and societies oriented in the analogical reality of science fiction. A partial bibliography along with suggestions for use are given, and an informal study of student levels of values, clarified by LeGuin's story "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas," is reported.
Recommended Citation
Day, Phyllis J.
(1980)
"Values Classification through Science Fiction,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 7:
Iss.
6, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1480
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