Field education in international social work: Where we are and where we should go

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orit Nuttman-Shwartz ◽  
Roni Berger
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Field Education ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social

Beyond Borders

2016 ◽  
pp. 497-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linette Hawkins ◽  
Supriya Pattanayak ◽  
Jennifer Martin ◽  
Lew Hess
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Field Education ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Language Pedagogy ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Social Work Field Education ◽  
Learning Issues ◽  
International Social

International social work field education placements pose considerable challenges for students, educators, universities and host communities. Students may face conceptual challenges as international placements often occur in developing countries that rely upon collective rather than individual models of practice. contextual differences require staff and students to consider their new context and appropriate ways to interact and learn. This chapter draws upon the experiences of the authors in adopting different models with students over the years and concludes that the preferred approach is the partnership model where there is close collaboration between the ‘home' and ‘host' universities. We consider educational, organisational, personal and professional factors that students face while on international placements. This is followed by identification of different exchange models, and teaching and learning issues arising from culture, language, pedagogy, critical reflection and assessment. We argue that a Relational/Equitable Model is best suited to international social work field education placements.

‘From our ownselves’: Acompañamiento with Indigenous Women in Perú

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282097026
Author(s):  
Mirna E Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social ◽  
Innovative Approaches

This article contributes to the ethical and practical conceptualizations of centring marginalized voices in research across borders. This project worked within the parameters of international social work (ISW) in Perú, which is a space where the advancement of globalization and colonization has deepened the historical exclusion and marginality of Indigenous women. To work towards social justice, this project developed creative innovative approaches to engagement and resisted western notions of progress. As research is not neutral, deconstruction of contextual forces that shape research makes visible how knowledge(s) are understood and subjugated in ISW, in particular that of Indigenous women.

Action Programmes of Social Work Organisations

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-24
Author(s):  
H.R.H. Krommun Narathip Bongsprabandh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
International Federation ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social

Social work representatives from eleven Asian nations participated in the first regional International Federation of Social Workers Conference for Asia, November 6-10, 1967. The theme was "Action Programmes in Social Welfare and their Impact on a Changing Asia." His Royal Highness Krommun Narathip Bongsprabandh opened the Conference with the statement presented here. In addition, the three position papers of the Conference are reproduced in this issue of INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK. One of the background papers for the Confer ence and a report of the work groups appeared in the April 1968 issue of the Journal.

Developing cultural humility in an international social work classroom

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Priya Harindranathan ◽  
Reuben Addo ◽  
Gregory Koers ◽  
Lizeth Parra
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Cultural Humility ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social

Exploring international social work placements: a host organisation’s experience in Cambodia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Lee John Henley ◽  
Kora Deverick ◽  
Zoey Henley ◽  
Yary Chhay ◽  
Sreyrath Thou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
International Social

Research Networking and Collaboration: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1128-1136
Author(s):  
Ian F. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Network ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Research Networking ◽  
International Social

Doing social science involves collaboration. Yet, there has been little attention to the character of collaboration between social scientists, or to if and in what ways research networks exist. This article reports aspects of a mixed method, participatory case study of a small international social work research network. It sets out how someone becomes a member of—or leaves—the network, how roles appeared to form and be assigned or taken, how the network operates, and the perceived transitional status of the network. The nature of collaboration is central to this analysis. The article illumines forms of collaboration typically deemphasized in arguments for its desirability. It was not characterized by consensus, but required role friction and creative reflexivity, where uncertainty and ambiguity were endemic, sometimes productively so.

Armaity S. Desai, 1992

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurid Aga Askeland ◽  
Malcolm Payne
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
International Association ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Indigenous Literature ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Standing Up ◽  
Work Education ◽  
International Social

This chapter contains a brief biography and transcript of an interview with Armaity S. Desai, a leader in Indian social work education, who was awarded the Katherine Kendall Award of the International Association of Schools of Social Work in 1992, for her contribution to international social work education. After social work training and practice experience in India and the USA, she held leadership roles at the Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the Indian University Grants Commission. Areas of social work important in her career included adoption, practice education, integrated practice in social work, using a range of modalities, using social work ideas to inform leadership roles and social development. She saw international social work as giving breadth of perspective, and saw lack of funding and indigenous literature as obstacles to development in social work education. Activism, standing up against the state, is seen as important in social work.

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