The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South

Rajendra Baikady is URC Special Post-Doctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, UK. Sajid S.M. is a senior social work educator and Professor of Social Work at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Varoshini Nadesan is Lecturer and Postgraduate Supervisor at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. M. Rezaul Islam is Professor in Social Work at the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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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