Using Arbinger’s Anatomy of Peace to Encourage Students to Incorporate Social Work Values

Instructors are tasked with teaching social work values to students. The Arbinger Institute, known globally for peace-building, offers a philosophical framework in their book The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, that can be used to model and teach a way of being that empowers students to embody social work values. A pedagogy using this book as a supplemental text in a bachelor’s level Introduction to Social Work course is offered along with initial student feedback.