Full Description
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.
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
Rajendra Baikady, Varoshini Nadesan, S.M. Sajid, and M. Rezaul Islam
PART I
Developing Practice and Rethinking Perceptions: Field Education in South Asia
1 Revisiting Praxis as a Model for Field Education in Social Work
Febna Reheem, Sojin P. Varghese, and Richa Bhardwaj
2 Swastyayan, a Commitment: Fieldwork through Community Engagement
Victor Narzary, Bibharani Swargiary, Riju Sharma, and Alice K. Butterfield
3 Impact of the Competency-Based Field Work Practicum on Students' Learning
Pradipta Kadambari and Nalini Lama
4 Challenges Faced in Field Work: An Indian Perspective
Deepshikha Carpenter
5 Concurrent Fieldwork in Macro Practice: Cases from the South Indian Context
S. Kanagaraj
6 Field Work in Social Work Education: An Account of the Sri Lankan Experience
Shamila Sivakumaran and S. Jeevasuthan
7 The Need for Decolonising Field Work Training in Social Work in India
Bishnu Mohan Dash
8 A Critical Reading of Community Social Work Methods and Practices Employed within Urban Underserved Communities in Sri Lanka
H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera
9 Social Work Education and Practice in Pakistan: Mapping the Terrain and Missing Links
Sakina Riaz
10 Social Work Practice in India: In Search of a New Direction
Poonam Gulalia and Chittaranjan Subudhi
PART II
New Insights into Social Work Field Education in Developing Asia
11 Practice Teaching in the Social Work Master's Degree Programme: Fostering the Third Mission of Universities: The Case of Georgia
Shorena Sadzaglishvili
12 Field Work as a 'Crucible of Practice' in the Pursuit of Social Justice and Defence of Human Rights: The Philippine Context
Gil 'Jake' I. Espenido
13 Social Work Field Education in Turkey
Eda Beydili Gürbüz, İlkay Başak Adıgüzel, and Sinan Akçay
14 Social Work Field Education in India and China: A Comparison
Rajendra Baikady and Varoshini Nadesan
PART III
Field Work Education in the Latin American and the Caribbean Context
15 Clinical Social Work in Chile
Carolina Muñoz-Guzmán, María Olaya Grau, Karla González Suitt, and Valentina Garrido López
16 Cultural Practices in Indigenous Chilean Communities: New Findings for Social Work Practice
Lorena P. Gallardo-Peralta, Julio Tereucán Angulo, Abel Soto-Higuera, and Esteban Sánchez-Moreno
17 Social and Field Work Abilities of Teaching Professors
Claudia Reyes-Quilodran, Paula Miranda, and Liliana Guerra-Aburto
18 The Block Placement in Social Work Field Education: A Barbados Case Study
Thérèse Odle-James and Letnie F. Rock
19 Constructing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Papua New Guinea: Connecting the Local and Global in Field Education
Dunstan Lawihin
20 Social Work Practicum in Chile: The Role of Field Supervisors in a Neoliberal Context
Daniela Díaz-Bórquez, Magdalena Calderón-Orellana, and Rafael Araya-Bugueño
21 Let Me Count the Ways: Multiple Discourses in Understandings of Readiness for Practice in Social Work
Karene-Anne Nathaniel
22 Mental Shortcuts: Representativeness Heuristics in Evaluations and Social Work Practice Assessment
Karene-Anne Nathaniel
PART IV
Developing Competent Social Work Graduates: African Perspectives on Field Work Education
23 Contextualising Social Work Fieldwork Practicum: Innovations,Challenges, and Perspectives from Nigeria
Uzoma O. Okoye and Samuel O. Ebimgbo
24 Social Work Field Education in Africa: The Case of Botswana
Lengwe-Katembula J. Mwansa
25 Social Work Field Instruction in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Context
Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi
26 Fieldwork Practice in Countries with Recently Introduced Social Work Training: Lessons from Lesotho
Sophia Thabane, Pumela Nomfundo Mahao, and Tšepang Florence Manyeli
27 Social Work Field Education: A Comparative Study of South Africa and Eswatini
Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi, Felicity Besong Tabi, and Zee Catherine Masuku
28 Professionalisation of Social Work in Eswatini: A Comparative Study Between South Africa and Eswatini
Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi, Felicity Besong Tabi, and Zee Catherine Masuku
Index
