Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education (Routledge International Handbooks)

This timely Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education creates a much-needed space to explore what makes social work uniquely African as well as shaping, informing, and influencing a new culturally relevant era of social work. The specific focus on social work education offers approaches to transition away from the hegemony of Western literature, knowledge, and practice models underpinning African social work education. The authors identify what is relevant and meaningful to inform, influence, and reconceptualise culturally relevant social work curriculum. Cover Endorsement Page Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of figures and tables Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Acronyms and abbreviations Introduction Part I Approaches to Diversifying, Decolonising, and Developing Culturally Relevant Social Work Education Chapter 1 Complexities Involved in Establishing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Nigeria Chapter 2 The Informality Paradigm in Social Work Practice in Africa: Philosophy, Continuity, and Prospects for Integration into Professional Practice Chapter 3 Exploring the Potential of an Ecosocial Approach for African Social Work Education Chapter 4 African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Theories in Teaching Social Work Chapter 5 Translanguaging and Pedagogic Pathways to Culturally Relevant Social Work Ducation Chapter 6 Faith and Spirituality in Social Work Education and Practice in Ethiopia Chapter 7 Faith and Spirituality in Social Work Education and Practice in Nigeria Chapter 8 Social Work and Pastoral Counselling in South Africa: Inter-sectoral Partnership Part II Social Work Education: Evolution across Contexts Chapter 9 Exploring the Challenges of Child Protection in Nigeria Chapter 10 Social Work Education: Opportunities and Challenges in Tanzania, East Africa Chapter 11 Advancing Social Work Education Using Online Learning in South Africa: Challenges and Prospects Chapter 12 Insurmountable Barriers to Social Work Education: Experiences of Online Learning from Rural South Africa Chapter 13 Social Worker Role-Taking during Communicable Disease Outbreaks in South Africa: The Need for Disaster Management Training Chapter 14 Cyber Counselling Competencies: Implications for Curriculum Development and Training of Social Work Practitioners Chapter 15 The Coming of Age of Social Work Education in Zimbabwe: Towards Reinforcing the Developmental Social Work Agenda Chapter 16 Social Work Education and Training in Francophone Africa: The Case of Cameroon Chapter 17 A Case Study of the Emerging Social Work Sector in Guinea, West Africa Chapter 18 Culture and Ethnicity in Medical Social Work: Lessons for Future Directions for Social Work Curriculum Transformation in Kenya Part III Embedding Field Practicum into Social Work Education Chapter 19 Social Work Field Practicum: Experiences, Challenges, and Perspectives from Malawi Chapter 20 Dearth of Standard Social Work Agencies for Field Practicum: Barrier to Social Work Pedagogy in Nigeria Chapter 21 Situational Analysis of Social Work Field Practice in Tanzania Mainland Chapter 22 The Importance and Challenges of Social Work Field Education: The Chapter 23 Field Practicum in Social Work Education: The Ethiopian Experience Chapter 24 Family Genogram as an Experiential Method to Enhance Training in Social Work Practice in Botswana Chapter 25 Rethinking Social Work Education in South Africa amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Suggestions for Innovative Fieldwork Practice Chapter 26 Being a Student Social Worker during Academic Disruptions in South Africa Part IV Knowledge Exchange between the Global South and the Global North Chapter 27 Prioritising Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work Education through Experiential Learning: Narratives from Social Workers Chapter 28 An International University Partnership to Support the Social Service Workforce and Strengthen the Child Protection System in Ghana Chapter 29 Sources of Knowledge Transfer between the Global South and the Global North in Social Work Education Chapter 30 Social Work Education and Black African Diaspora: Explorations in the Republic of Ireland Chapter 31 Social Work and Practice Education, Decolonisation and Ubuntu: Making Connections in Malawi Chapter 32 Challenges and Prospects for Integrating Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP) into Social Work Education across Cultures Index This timely Routledge Handbook creates a much-needed space to explore what makes social work uniquely African, as well as shaping, informing, and influencing a new culturally relevant era of social work. The specific focus on social work education offers approaches to transition away from the hegemony of Western literature, knowledge, and practice models underpinning African social work education. The authors identify what is relevant and meaningful to inform, influence, and reconceptualise culturally relevant social work curriculum. Covering Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the Handbook comprises both empirical and conceptual chapters, multiple approaches, case studies, and key debates on social work education. It is structured in four parts:• Approaches to Indigenising, Decolonising and Developing Culturally Relevant Social Work Education• Social Work Education: Evolution across Contexts• Embedding Field Practicum into Social Work Education• Knowledge Exchange between the Global South and Global North.The range of indigenous, local knowledge that the Handbook presents is crucial to social work evolving and facilitating for reciprocal learning and knowledge exchange between the Global South and Global North. Whilst the context of the Handbook is Africa, the topics covered are relevant to a global audience engaged in social justice work across social work, social welfare, social development, and sustainability.