Full Description
This volume looks at social work education and its role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the globe. It examines the incorporation of SDGs in curriculum and pedagogy, devising SDG-centered modules for social work practice during teaching and developing SDG-focused teaching programs in social work. Part of the Social Work and Society series, the book also studies local, national, and international advocacy efforts in social work for achieving the SDGs.
School administrators, teachers, researchers, students, practitioners, and policymakers in the domains of social work and social development will find this volume useful in understanding how the two fields of social work and sustainable development achieve common goals around the world.
Contents
Chapter 1: Setting the Context: Social Work Education for and beyond Sustainable Development Chapter 2: Sustainable Development Goals and Social Work: Roadmap for the Global Social Work Education Chapter 3: University-community partnership for the promotion of food waste: a pilot project Chapter 4: Bridging the Gap - Incorporating theoretical and methodological aspects of the SDGs into social work curriculum Chapter 5: The Role of Urban Social Work in Achieving Sustainable Cities: A Discussion on Urban Regeneration in Turkey Chapter 6: Role of Social Work in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the Global South Chapter 7: Environmental crisis as a challenge for social work in the Czech Republic Chapter 8: Empowering Change: Social Work Education and Sustainable Development Goals in Addressing Refugee Needs Chapter 9: Anti-Ageist Teaching in Social Work in Spain: Intersectionality and Sustainable Development Goals as Disciplinary Challenges Chapter 10: The Myth of Ending Hunger, Achieving Food Security, Improved Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture: The Philippine Context Chapter 11: Gender Wage Gap in Boro Season Among the Agricultural Laborers of Rural Bangladesh Chapter 12: Curricula Integration and Pedagogical Approach to Teaching SDGs for Social Work Education
