The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education

by Sajid S.M. (Editor), Rajendra Baikady (Editor), Cheng Sheng-Li (Editor), Haruhiko Sakaguchi (Editor)

Overview

This handbook addresses the issues and challenges of the delivery of social work education in the contemporary world. It provides an authoritative overview of the key debates, switching the lens away from a Western-centric focus to engage with a much broader audience in countries that are in the process of modernization and professionalization, alongside those where social work education is more developed. Chapters tackle major challenges with respect to curriculum, teaching, practice, and training in light of globalization, providing a thorough examination of the practice of social work in diverse contexts. This handbook presents a contribution to the process of knowledge exchange which is essential to global social work education. It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and aims to be an essential reference for social work educators, researchers, and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030399665
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/23/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
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About the Author

Sajid S.M. is Professor in the Department of Social Work and former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, India.

Rajendra Baikady is Golda Meir Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Senior Research Associate at University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Cheng Sheng-Li is Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, China.

Haruhiko Sakaguchi is Professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Ryukoku University, Japan.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Social Work - A Profession without Boundaries: Debates on Global and Contextual Social Work2. Social Work Education in Contemporary Indonesia: Issues, Challenges, and Concerns3. Challenges in Social Work Education in the Context of Social Work in Japanese Society4. Social Work Education in Taiwan: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects5. From Ideological Focused Education to Professional Social Work Education6. The Development of Social Work Education in Malaysia7. Change Management Education in Social Work Degree Programmes in Germany: Bridging the Gap Between Management Science and Professional Practice8. Social Work Education in Italy: Problems and Perspectives9. The Concept of Professional Identity in Selected Approaches to the Education of Social Work10. Danish Welfare State, Social Work Education, and Practice Development and Challenges11. Teaching Social Work Skills Online12. Social Work Education in Portugal13. Social Work in a Local and Global Context - A Swedish Approach14. Social Work in a Changing Scandinavian Welfare State: Norway15. Social Work Education for Social Justice and Poverty Reduction in Africa16. The Context of Social Work Profession and Education in Transitional Countries: The Case of Georgia17. Social Work Education in Ireland18. Social Work Education in Poland19. Socio-Economic and Political Contextual Realities in India: Implications for Social Work Practice20. Decolonising Social Work Education in Nepal21. Islamic-Based Social Work Practices for Social Development: An Experience in Bangladesh22. Social Work Education in Pakistan: An Analysis of Past and Present Practices23. Social Work Education in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Issues and Challenges24. Movement Towards Indianization of Social Work Education25. The Challenging Realities Facing Social Work Education in Palestine26. Social Work Education in Botswana: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects27. Evolution of Social Work Education in Turkey: A Critical Perspective28. Social Work Education and Practice in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges29. Social Work and Social Work Education in Spain30. Development of Social Work Education in Slovenia31. Research in Social Work Education in Slovenia: From Lateral to Indispensable Course32. Social Work in Romania - Education, Professional Life, and Challenges33. Czech Social Work from the Social Workers' Perspective and the Consequences for Social Work Education34. Social Work in Poland: From the Marginal Position to the Professionalization of Education and Social Work Practice35. Sun, Sand, Sea, and Social Work: Issues Facing Social Educators in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies36. Reinventing the Singapore Landscape of Social Work Education37. Trends of Social Work Development in Hong Kong - Implications to Social Work Education38. The Situation and the Future of Social Work Education in Turkey39. Social Work Education in Italy: Lights and Shadows40. Risks and Benefits of Convergences in Social Work Education: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Malaysia and the UK41. Social Work Transformation: National and International Dimensions42. Impediments in Professionalizing Social Work Education in Sri Lanka43. Social Work and Marginalization in India: Questioning Frames44. Dignity and Social Justice45. Professional - Yet very Personal and Unavoidably Political: Addressing Assessment in Social Work Education46. Social Work in Germany: Between a Nation-State Focus and Transnational Horizons47. Decoding the Epistemological Framework of Social Work Research: Attrition of Underrepresented Minority and Marginalized Students in Higher Education in the United States48. Clientization, Marginalized Identities, and the Politics of Care49. How do we Teach Human Rights in Social Work in the Undergraduate Level?50. Role of School Social Work Interns in the US: Voices from the Field51. Critical Pedagogy and Social Work Supervision52. Field Work Revivified in Classroom: Integrating Theory and Practice53. Civil Society, NGOs, and Social Work Education54. Community Organizing in Transformative Social Work Practice55. Advancing Relationship-Based Social Work Through Minding Gaps Between Service Users, Carers, Social Work Students, and Practitioners: A Case Study Involving Refugees56. Social Work Change in Ethiopia and Social Work Responses57. Developing Self-Reflexivity in Students Regarding Awareness of Racial Inequalities in Mental Health Service Provision58. Changes in Society and Their Reflections in Social Work Education in the Czech Republic59. Romanian Social Work Education, Past and Present Crossroads60. The Welfare Transformation and the Social Work: A Learning-by-Doing Process Looking for New Balances61. Alternative Care of Children in Bangladesh: Challenges and Interventions62. Conclusion: Social Work Education in Contemporary World: Issues, Challenges, and Concerns

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The editors and contributors to this handbook are to be commended for compiling such a helpful and accessible source of information about social work education around the world today. They also provide an insightful analysis of how social work education has evolved and how it seeks to prepare students to serve their communities in many different countries. It will be a vitally important resource for social work educators, students, and researchers everywhere.” (James Midgley, Professor of the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus of the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA)

“While sharing many similarities and common characteristics, such as the global definition and standard with their counterparts in other countries, social work in each country has its own uniqueness due to local socio-politico-cultural factors. In this post-colonial era, we have tried to decentre the Eurocentric discourse of social work. Knowing how social work is practiced and institutionalized in different countries will be one of the decentring strategies. Throughout the years, several sets of edited volumes have been published to introduce the social work of various countries. This new handbook is an exciting and most updated reference that documents and introduces the social work practice of forty-three countries from around the world, many of which have rarely been introduced in the existing literature. I congratulate the editorial team on this meaningful and important contribution to the global social work community.” (Miu Chung Yan, Professor of the School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Canada)

“This handbook is essential reading for lecturers, students, policy makers, and social workers, offering an easily accessible opportunity to read how social work education is experienced in a range of different continents and countries within the same continent. These contributions include not only the usual Western suspects such as the USA, UK, and Australia, but importantly voices from nations less frequently heard in the West including Nepal, Botswana, Ethiopia, and Palestine. The book offers the reader an unparalleled opportunity to discover the width and depth of global social work education that is not evident in any other book. The book asks us to question our preconceptions about social work education, challenging us to consider its heterogeneous nature, its contextualised development, and colonial and post-colonial versions.” (Hugh McLaughlin, Professor of Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

“In our century—fraught as it is with rapid socioeconomic and technological change, not to forget unprecedented environmental challenges—a multifactorial analysis offered by this book opens new vistas for social work education.” (Vimla V. Nadkarni, Immediate Past President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and Former Dean of the School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India)

“This book is an important contribution to the body of literature not only on social work education, but social work and social development praxis. It has been written at a critical juncture when the world seems to be inundated with new and old threats such as inter alia: racism, xenophobia, gender-based violence, climate change, a migrant crisis, and reactionary politicians ascending to power in the traditional liberal democracies and in other parts of the globe. More than ever, social work education needs to adequately equip students with relevant knowledge and skills to respond to the aforementioned challenges. This book will be useful to educators, practitioners, policymakers, and students as it practically covers sixty chapters from forty-three countries located in different regions of the world.” (Ndangwa Noyoo, Head of the Department of Social Development, University of Cape Town, South Africa)