Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Levy, Susan; Ingram, Richard; Tanga, Pius T.; Okoye, Uzoma Odera

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This Handbook explores what makes social work uniquely African, shaping, informing, and influencing a new culturally relevant era of social work. The topics covered are relevant to a global audience engaged in social justice work across social work, social welfare, social development, and sustainability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040029312
• Artikelnr.: 70293728

Autorenporträt

Susan Levy is Associate Dean International and Senior Lecturer in Social Work, in the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee, UK. Uzoma Odera Okoye is a Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Pius T. Tanga is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Richard Ingram is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Dundee, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Approaches to Diversifying, Decolonising and Developing Culturally
Relevant Social Work Education 1. Complexities Involved in Establishing a
Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Nigeria 2. The Informality
Paradigm in Social Work Practice in Africa: Philosophy, Continuity, and
Prospects for Integration into Professional Practice 3. Exploring the
Potential of an Ecosocial Approach for African Social Work Education 4.
African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Theories in Teaching Social Work
5. Translanguaging and Pedagogic Pathways to Culturally Relevant Social
Work Education 6. Faith and Spiritualty in Social Work Education and
Practice in Ethiopia 7. Faith and Spirituality in Social Work Education and
Practice in Nigeria 8. Social Work and Pastural Counselling in South
Africa: Inter-Sectoral Partnership Part 2: Social Work Education: Evolution
across Contexts 9. Exploring the Challenges of Child Protection in Nigeria
10. Social Work Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Tanzania, East
Africa 11. Advancing Social Work Education Using Online Learning in South
Africa: Challenges and Prospects 12. Insurmountable Barriers to Social Work
Education: Experiences of Online Learning from Rural South Africa 13.
Social Worker Role-Taking during Communicable Disease Outbreaks in South
Africa: The Need for Disaster Management Training 14. Counselling
Competencies: Implications for Curriculum Development for Training of
Social Work Practitioners 15. The Coming of Age of Social Work Education in
Zimbabwe: Towards Reinforcing the Developmental Social Work Agenda 16.
Social Work Education and Training in Francophone Africa: The Case of
Cameroon 17. A Case Study of the Emerging Social Work Sector in Guinea,
West Africa 18. Culture and Ethnicity in Medical Social Work: Lessons for
Future Directions for Social Work Curriculum Transformation in Kenya Part
3: Embedding Field Practicum into Social Work Education 19. Social Work
Field Practicum: Experiences, Challenges, and Perspectives from Malawi 20.
Dearth of Standard Social Work Agencies for Field Practicum: Barrier to
Social Work Pedagogy in Nigeria 21. Situational Analysis of Social Work
Field Practice in Tanzania Mainland 22. The Importance and Challenges of
Social Work Education Field Education: The University of Benin Experience
23. Field Practicum in Social Work Education: The Ethiopian Experience 24.
Family Genogram as an Experiential Method to Enhance Training in Social
Work Practice in Botswana 25. Rethinking Social Work Education in South
Africa amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic: Suggestions for Innovative Fieldwork
Practice 26. Being a Student Social Worker During Academic Disruptions in
South Africa: What Do We Need to Prepare for Practice? Part 4: Knowledge
Exchange between the Global South and Global North 27. Prioritising
Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work Education through Experiential
Learning: Narratives from Social Workers 28. An International University
Partnership to Support the Social Service Workforce and Strengthen the
Child Protection System in Ghana 29. Sources of Knowledge Transfer between
the Global South and the Global North in Social Work Education 30. Social
Work Education and Black African Diaspora: Explorations in the Republic of
Ireland 31. Social Work Education and Practice Education, Decolonisation
and Ubuntu: Making Connections in Malawi 32. Challenges and Prospects for
Integrating Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP)
into Social Work Education Across Cultures