Exploring New Horizons for Decolonial Social Work Education

Carolyn Noble, PhD is Former Associate Dean and Foundation Professor of Social Work at ACAP in Sydney, Australia; Emerita Professor of Social Work at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; and Research Associate, Johannesburg University, South Africa. She is active in Australian, Asia Pacific and International Schools of Social Work Associations and has held executive positions in each of these organisations.  Her research interests include social work theory, work-based learning and professional supervision. Further areas of research include gender democracy, right-wing populism, and post-COVID-19 welfare state. She has published widely in her areas of research and continues to present her work nationally and internationally. She is editor-in-chief of open access social issues magazine for IASSW, Social Dialogue.     

Annaline Caroline Sandra Keet, PhD trained as a social worker at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has a Master's degree and PhD in social work with specialization in Employee Wellbeing Programmes, from the University of Pretoria. She has been in academia for 15 years working at Fort Hare University, Free State University (where she also served as Head of the Social Work Department), and is currently an Associate Professor at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. Annaline authored 13 academic publications including co-editing a book and guest editing an academic magazine. She is also co-editor for three upcoming academic publications. She has been involved in the evaluation of undergraduate and postgraduate curriculums nationally and in the region. She served on the previous executive board of the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) (2015-2017), and currently serves as the international representative of ASASWEI (2019-2023). Her primary research interests include social marginalization, cultural trauma, working with older persons and employee wellness.

Chapter 1. Social Work and Decolonisation: Student Social Workers' Understanding of the Concepts of 'Culture', 'Cultural Identity' and 'Decolonisation' by Marichen van der Westhuizen.- Chapter 2. Social Work Education in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities for Indigenisation by Fred Moonga.- Chapter 3. Developing Curriculum for Criminal Justice Social Work from the Field by Sharon Menezes, Vijay Raghavan and Krupa Shah.- Chapter 4. Decolonising Social Work Education in the Middle East by Beverly Wagner, Vivienne Mitchell, and Prospera Tedam.- Chapter 5. Decolonising Social Work Education Through the Development of a Culturally Relevant Curriculum in Nigeria: Problems and Pitfalls by Mel Gray, Susan Levy, Uzoma Okoye, and Solomon Amadasun.- Chapter 6. Contextualizing Global Social Work Education in Pakistan: Bridging the Gap Between Indigenous Practices and Social Work Curriculum by Shakeel Ahmed and Imran Ahmad Sajid.- Chapter 7. New Directions in Trauma Work? Cultural Trauma Theory as an Instrument to Contextualise and Address Histories of Pain in Global Communities by Annaline Caroline Sandra Keet.- Chapter 8. Analysing and Understanding Intersections: Using Nayak's 'Intersectional Model of Reflection' in Social Work Teaching by Eileen Joy.- Chapter 9. Decolonizing Social Work Education and Curriculum Utilizing Cultural Competemility and Professionalism Approach by Paula Ugochukwu Ude.