This handbook provides an authoritative account of social work field education in the global south. It presents an overview of various aspects of theory and practice modules in the social work curriculum and advances in research in social work field education in the developing world through in-depth analyses and global case studies.
Key features
• Discusses critical issues and new directions in the theory and practice of social work field education, challenges in field work education, decolonising field work training, developing competent social work graduates, aligning fieldwork with cultural practices in indigenous communities, the idea of clinical social work, and a comparative analysis of social work field supervision.
• Integrates theory and practice of social work field education for students and teachers from diverse geographical and cultural contexts across the global south, including countries from South Asia and Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, covering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Georgia, Philippine, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Eswatini, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Chile, and Barbados.
• Brings together international comparative perspectives on field work education in social work from leading experts, social work educators, and social work professionals.
This handbook will be an essential resource for scholars and researchers of social work, development studies, social anthropology, sociology, education, South Asian studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to educators and practitioners of social work in global institutions of higher studies as well as civil society organisations.
Author(s): Rajendra Baikady, Sajid S.M., Varoshini Nadesan, M. Rezaul Islam
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 454
City: London
Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: New Directions to Field Work Education in Social Work: A Global South Perspective
Part I Developing Practice and Rethinking Perceptions: Field Education in South Asia
Chapter 1 Revisiting Praxis as a Model for Field Education in Social Work
Chapter 2 Swastyayan, a Commitment: Fieldwork through Community Engagement
Chapter 3 Impact of the Competency-Based Field Work Practicum on Students’ Learning
Chapter 4 Challenges Faced in Field Work: An Indian Perspective
Chapter 5 Concurrent Fieldwork in Macro Practice: Cases from the South Indian Context
Chapter 6 Field Work in Social Work Education: An Account of the Sri Lankan Experience
Chapter 7 The Need for Decolonising Field Work Training in Social Work in India
Chapter 8 A Critical Reading of Community Social Work Methods and Practices Employed within Urban Underserved Communities in Sri Lanka
Chapter 9 Social Work Education and Practice in Pakistan: Mapping the Terrain and Missing Links
Chapter 10 Social Work Practice in India: In Search of a New Direction
Part II New Insights into Social Work Field Education in Developing Asia
Chapter 11 Practice Teaching in the Social Work Master’s Degree Programme: Fostering the Third Mission of Universities: The Case of Georgia
Chapter 12 Field Work as a ‘Crucible of Practice’ in the Pursuit of Social Justice and Defence of Human Rights: The Philippine Context
Chapter 13 Social Work Field Education in Turkey
Chapter 14 Social Work Field Education in India and China: A Comparison
Part III Field Work Education in the Latin American and the Caribbean Context
Chapter 15 Clinical Social Work in Chile
Chapter 16 Cultural Practices in Indigenous Chilean Communities: New Findings for Social Work Practice
Chapter 17 Social and Field Work Abilities of Teaching Professors
Chapter 18 The Block Placement in Social Work Field Education: A Barbados Case Study
Chapter 19 Constructing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Papua New Guinea: Connecting the Local and Global in Field Education
Chapter 20 Social Work Practicum in Chile: The Role of Field Supervisors in a Neoliberal Context
Chapter 21 Let Me Count the Ways: Multiple Discourses in Understandings of Readiness for Practice in Social Work
Chapter 22 Mental Shortcuts: Representativeness Heuristics in Evaluations and Social Work Practice Assessment
Part IV Developing Competent Social Work Graduates: African Perspectives on Field Work Education
Chapter 23 Contextualising Social Work Fieldwork Practicum: Innovations, Challenges, and Perspectives from Nigeria
Chapter 24 Social Work Field Education in Africa: The Case of Botswana
Chapter 25 Social Work Field Instruction in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Context
Chapter 26 Fieldwork Practice in Countries with Recently Introduced Social Work Training: Lessons from Lesotho
Chapter 27 Social Work Field Education: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Eswatini
Chapter 28 Professionalisation of Social Work in Eswatini: A Comparative Study Between South Africa and Eswatini
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