1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Teaching
This handbook is a comprehensive text on social work education based on the narratives of social work educators, practitioners, and researchers from Asia and the Pacific, North and South America, Australia and Oceania, and Europe. It discusses innovations, challenges, pedagogy, and tested methods of social work teaching at various levels of educational programmes.
The volume:
- Examines key concepts that underpin debates concerning social work teaching, research, and practice
- Brings out key concerns, debates, and narratives concerning various teaching, learning, and pedagogical methods from different countries
- Documents principal perspectives of different stakeholders involved in social work education – from educators and practitioners to novice social workers
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Teaching will be an effective instrument in informing policy decisions related to social work teaching and pedagogy at the global and local levels. It will be essential for educators, researchers, and practitioners within social work institutions and for professional associations around the world.
List of figures ix
List of tables x
Author biographies xi
Introduction: Teaching Social Work in Contemporary Global Society 1
Jarosław Przeperski & Rajendra Baikady
PART I
The future of teaching social work 11
1 ‘Your voice deserves to be heard’: Promoting user’s involvement in social work 13
Annie Lambert, Sébastien Carrier & Philippe Roy
2 A dialogue approach to teaching social work research: Experience, dialogue, meaningful research, and publication 28
Niamh Flanagan and Elaine Wilson
3 Exploring opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in social work education 46
Sharif Haider
4 Digital portfolios and the future of social work education 63
Dale Fitch
5 Golden threads of connection 79
Ksenija Napan
6 How do we prepare students for the challenges of social work and what can we learn from each other? Examples from five countries around the world 94
Erica Russ, Paula McFadden, Austin Griffiths, Sanna Lähteinen and Pia Tham
7 Social work education: Prospects in teaching programmes in Chile 114
Lorena Valencia-Gálvez, Sonia Romero-Pérez, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Flores, & Carlos Andrade-Guzmán
8 Teaching social problems in the social work: Perspectives from India and China 137
Rajendra Baikady and Varoshini Nadesan
9 Teaching risk assessment and management skills to social care students using virtual reality simulations 152
Sharif Haider
PART II
Educational leadership in social work 171
10 Higher education didactics for social work management: a subjectspecific perspective 173
Maik Arnold
11 Model-building as theorizing in social work practice: the integrative and innovative interventions MSW program model of the University of the Philippines 190
Justin Francis Leon V. Nicolas
12 Teaching interprofessional collaboration in social work 206
Yves Couturier, Louise Belzile, and Nathalie Delli Colli
PART III
Sustainability in social work education 221
13 Social work education and practice in the United States and the Czech Republic: similarities and differences 223
Jo Ann R. Regan, Tatiana Matulayová, and Nataša Matulayová
14 Evidence-based practice and social work: Developing critically engaged research-minded practitioners through enhancing research methods teaching 239
Helen Gleeson & Alfonso Pezzella
15 Preparing social work graduates to support transformative engagement with mental health systems 253
Brenda Morris, Fiona L. Smith, Melissa Petrakis, Julian Lue, and Louise Whitaker
16 Promoting emotional intelligence in social work students 273
Emanuela Fato
17 Reflective practice in social work education: Learning from ‘difficult’ experiences in field practice 294
Alessandro Sicora
18 Reflections on teaching social policies 310
Anne Margrethe Sønneland
19 Using social work practice skills to teach the practice of social work: promoting students’ development into competent beginning social workers 319
Carolyn Knight
20 When users lead the way: A critical reflection on teaching SDG in social work – experiences from two Spanish universities 336
Emilio J Gómez-Ciriano and Yolanda Doménech López
PART IV
Remote teaching, learning, and collaboration 359
21 Social work students and supervisors’ reflections on remote Field Practice education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece 361
Kleio Koutra, Nikoleta Ratsika and Effrosyni Kokaliari
22 Remote teaching in social work during COVID-19 in Georgia 375
Shorena Sadzaglishvili
23 Democratizing online social work education: addressing othering 391
Rohena Duncombe, Erica Russ, Katrina Gersbach, Carmel Halton, Peta Jeffries, Louise Whitaker, Monica Short and Sarah Redshaw
24 Hybrid systems of social work education in the midst of COVID-19: Perspectives from the Global South 413
Edidiong Samuel Akpabio, Eyitayo Oyeyipo Joseph, Dike Chinonye Kamsi, and Charles Korede Ayo
PART V
Lifelong learning in social work 427
25 Lifelong learning between Social Work students in Cyprus 429
Parlalis K. Stavros
26 Lifelong learning: Education for supervisors and its benefits 441
Liljana Rihter and Petra Videmšek
27 Lifelong learning between professional identity, structural changes, and professional regulation in social work 453
Vanja Branica and Ana Opačić
28 Preparing adults to be community workers: What lessons should Ukrainian educators learn? 469
Tetyana Semigina, Hanna Slozanska and Yuliia Kokoiachuk
PART VI
Refining inequality in social work education 489
29 How to pave the streets in gold: Community cultural wealth and social work education 491
Jas Sangha
30 An evaluation of inequalities in social work education in Turkey 505
Edip Aygüler, Cemre Bolgün, and Mustafa Çağrı Ayalp
31 Cultural sensitivity and social work within the multicultural landscape of Sri Lanka 519
H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera
32 English medium instruction: Challenges and strategies for international social work teaching 531
Beverly Wagner and Emarely Rosa-Dávila
33 Supporting a social work student with a complex reasonable adjustment plan 548
Paula Beesley and Anna Walkden
Index 557
Biography
Jarosław Przeperski is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Director of the Centre for Family Research at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. His research interests include family transitions and risk, family policies, demographic processes, child and family social work, decision-making processes, and behavioral public policies. Dr. Przeperski has authored over a dozen publications in international journals and has edited publications and book series with Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Springer. He is an expert adviser and principal researcher for projects conducted for the Ministry of Family Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.
Rajendra Baikady is Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Central University of Kerala, India, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Discover Global Society, an international journal.
