Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Education

451 Pages·2016·3.26 MB·English

by  Imogen Taylor, Marion Bogo, Michelle Lefevre, Barbra Teater

ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK
OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION
The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Education is both about international social work
education as well as social work education as it is practised in a wide range of countries, enabling an
opportunity to consider national differences as well as shared cross-national concerns. The overall aim of
the editors is to further develop pedagogic research and scholarship for social work education. Drawing
on medical education as an exemplar, the editors view social work education as a specialism and a field
of research and theory based knowledge that counts in the same way as research programmes in other
fields of social work practice.
The chapters are concerned with the theory and practice of social work education at all levels; our
aim is to be accessible, conceptually clear, research based where appropriate, critically reflective and
ethically underpinned. The Handbook is organised into six sections:
• social work education in context: the Western drivers
• emerging and re-emerging social work education
• the scholarship of learning and teaching
• new insights into field education
• new directions in learning and teaching
• future challenges in social work education.
This Handbook, authored by both current and incoming leaders in social work education, presents a
contribution to the process of exchange and dialogue which is essential to global social work education.
It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and will be
an essential reference nationally and internationally for social work educators, researchers, students and
professionals.
Imogen Taylor is Emerita Professor of Social Work at the University of Sussex, England, where she was
Head of Department of Social Work for seven years. She worked previously at the Universities of Bristol
and Toronto. Imogen has researched extensively into the pedagogy of professional social work education.
Marion Bogo is Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Can-
ada. She is the former Dean and first appointee to the first Endowed Chair in Social Work. Her research
focuses on social work education, including field education and the conceptualisation and assessment
of professional competence.
Michelle Lefevre was Head of the Department of Social Work at the University of Sussex, England.
Michelle has practised as a social worker and arts psychotherapist in frontline child protection, in a
specialist setting with children and families where there was abuse and neglect, and as an independent
expert witness.
Barbra Teater is an Associate Professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York,
USA, where she is Program Director of the Bachelor of Science in Social Work and the minor in Disa-
bility Studies. She spent eight years in UK social work education at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.
“This outstanding collection presents in-depth analysis and debate concerning all the key issues
in social work education. It addresses detailed questions of learning and teaching in action
through to broader issues of global dynamics and relationships, bringing to each topic a critical
and perceptive awareness that challenges preconceptions and invites us to re-examine our
current theories and practices. This volume will prove an invaluable resource for educators,
practitioners and students.”
—Richard Hugman, Professor of Social Work, University of New South Wales, Australia
“This volume is the most comprehensive text on social work education to date. The contributors
from five continents and a broad variety of countries analyze critical topics relating to what is
taught, how it is taught, and what its impacts are. It is a “must have” for social work educators
interested in a global perspective of their field, as well as improving their own pedagogy.”
—Susan Mapp, Professor, Elizabethtown College, USA
“This handbook brings together a wealth of knowledge, derived from research, scholarship
and their experience as social work educators from around the world. Its 34 chapters provide
readers with information and ideas about the Western drivers of social work education; case
studies of newly emerging or re-emerging developments; selected issues in both pedagogy and
field education; and ‘new directions’ and future challenges for the discipline and profession.
While recognising the impact of global factors, the 72 authors provide thought-provoking
commentaries on their task and give fascinating glimpses into the varied national socio-
economic and political contexts for which they must prepare future professionals.”
—Karen Lyons, Emeritus Professor, International Social Work,
London Metropolitan University, UK
“Edited by leaders in social work education, this book provides a diverse array of perspectives
and approaches regarding social work education from across the globe. Not shying away from
controversy, authors eloquently discuss the manner in which core social work values of social
change, cohesion and empowerment are applied in local contexts – shaped by cultural history,
economic, political and environmental crises, and local systems for addressing human struggles
and tragedy. A must-have resource for all social work educators preparing students for practice
in our global environment.”
—Cheryl Regehr, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work,
Vice-President and Provost, University of Toronto
ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL
HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL
WORK EDUCATION
Edited by Imogen Taylor, Marion Bogo,
Michelle Lefevre and Barbra Teater
First published 2016
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Names: Taylor, Imogen, editor. | Bogo, Marion, editor. | Lefevre,
Michelle, editor. | Teater, Barbra, editor.
Title: Routledge international handbook of social work
education / edited by Imogen Taylor, Marion Bogo,
Michelle Lefevre, and Barbra Teater.
Other titles: International handbook of social work
education | Routledge international handbooks.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge,
2016. | Series: Routledge international handbooks | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015040358 | ISBN 9781138890237
(hardback) | ISBN 9781315712536 (ebook)
Subjects: | MESH: Social Work—education.
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CONTENTS
About the contributors ix
Introduction xxiii
SECTION 1
Social work education in context: the Western drivers 1
1 ‘Think globally and locally, act globally and locally’: a new
agenda for international social work education 3
Mel Gray
2 Social work education and the challenge of race equality 14
Charlotte Williams
3 Understanding and assessing competence: challenges associated
with the competency-based approach to social work education 27
Jo Ann R. Coe Regan and Alan J. Detlaff
4 Whose curriculum is it anyway?: globalisation, social work
education and knowledge 38
Imogen Taylor
5 The academisation of social work: Sweden – a case study 51
Peter Dellgran and Staffan Höjer
6 Social work education and the borderless university experience 59
Ira Colby
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Contents
SECTION 2
Emerging and re-emerging social work education 71
7 Development of social work education in China in an era of rapid
reform and transformation 73
Wang Si Bin and Yuen Tsang Woon-ki, Angelina
8 Treading the long path: social work education in Malaysia 84
Jonathan Parker, Sara Ashencaen Crabtree and Azlinda Azman
9 Creating social work education in the Republic of
Georgia 96
Mark Doel, Iago Kachkachishvili, Jo Lucas,
Salome Namicheishvili and Natia Partskhaladze
10 Education for social development: the case of India 107
Vimla Nadkarni, Geeta Balakrishnan and Ronald Yesudhas
11 Developing social work education in Africa: challenges and
prospects 119
Rodreck Mupedziswa and Kefentse Kubanga
SECTION 3
The scholarship of learning and teaching 131
12 Developing learning and teaching about diversity and social
justice 133
Lorraine Gutiérrez and Robert Ortega
13 Research teaching and learning in qualifying social work
education 144
Elaine Sharland and Barbra Teater
14 Teaching and learning for ethical practice in social
work education 157
Eleni Papouli
15 Developing research and scholarship in law teaching for
social work education 171
Suzy Braye and Michael Preston-Shoot
16 Evaluating the outcomes of social work education 183
John Carpenter
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Contents
SECTION 4
New insights into field education 195
17 Practice learning: challenging neoliberalism in a turbulent world 197
Linda Harms Smith and Iain Ferguson
18 Aspirations and realities in delivering field education in a
developing country context: learning from Papua New Guinea 209
Catherine Flynn, Dunstan Lawihin and John Kaupa Kamasua
19 Contesting field education in social work: using critical
reflection to enhance student learning for critical practice 220
Christine Morley and David O’Connor
20 Fluidity and space: social work student learning in field supervision 232
Phyllis Chee
21 Italian and English practice educators’ experiences of working
with struggling or failing students in practice placements 243
Jo Finch and Alberto Poletti
22 Group supervision in social work field education: the
perspective of supervisors 254
Miriam Schiff and Anat Zeira
SECTION 5
New directions in learning and teaching 263
23 Using simulation in teaching and assessing social work competence 265
Marion Bogo and Mary Rawlings
24 Political conflict and social work education 275
Jim Campbell, Joe Duffy and Mark Simpson
25 Service user and carer assessment of social work students 286
Ann Anka
26 Suitability, gatekeeping and social work education 298
Cath Holmström
27 Social media in social work education: developing
teaching and learning strategies 310
Joanne Westwood
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Contents
28 Web-based social work education in the United States 323
Jo Ann R. Coe Regan
29 Artifacts or catalysts? Moving doctoral dissertations from
the shelf to the community 331
Lucyna M. Lach, Sacha Bailey, Aline Bogossian, and David Rothwell
SECTION 6
Future challenges for social work education 341
30 Educating resilient practitioners 343
Liz Beddoe and Carole Adamson
31 Developing the social work academic workforce: profiles from
the United Kingdom and the United States of America 355
Barbra Teater, Michelle Lefevre, and Hugh McLaughlin
32 Back to the future: the role of the academy in social
work education 370
Martin Webber, Ian Shaw, Simon Cauvain, Mark Hardy,
Mirja Satka, Aino Kääriäinen and Laura Yliruka
33 Social work education: the challenge of neoliberalism 382
Karen J. Swift, Luann Good Gingrich and Michael Brown
34 The place for a global and holistic environment: international
challenges and opportunities for social work education
in the twenty-first century 394
Shari E. Miller, R. Anna Hayward-Everson, and Joel Izlar
Index 405
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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
Editors
Imogen Taylor, MSW (Toronto), PhD (Bristol), is Emerita Professor of Social Work at the
University of Sussex, England, where she was Head of Department of Social Work for seven
years. She worked previously at the Universities of Bristol and Toronto. Imogen has researched
extensively into the pedagogy of professional social work education. Her most recent pub-
lications (Taylor, 2013; Taylor & Bogo, 2013) examined the effects of government policy on
professional education and training. In 2005, in recognition of her pedagogic research, she was
appointed by the UK Higher Education Funding Council to the Social Work and Social Pol-
icy sub-panel of the Research Assessment Exercise (2007–8) and to the subsequent Research
Excellence Framework Panel for Social Work and Social Policy (2012–14) and elected Deputy
Chair of the Panel. She co-directed the UK Higher Education Funding Council Learning and
Teaching Support Network Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (2001–5). In
2003, in recognition of her demonstrable teaching excellence and influence on social work
education nationally, Imogen was the first social work academic to achieve a UK National
Teaching Fellowship. When Imogen was Editor-in-Chief, Social Work Education: The International
Journal (2009–14), her priority was to develop the journal’s international profile. Internation-
ally, Imogen has been invited to lead programme reviews in Ireland, the West Indies and Hong
Kong (she is a member of the Social Workers Registration Board, 2006–16). She has presented
on social work education at many international conferences and has been a Visiting Professor
at City University and Baptist University, Hong Kong. In 2014, Imogen was elected as Fellow
of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.
Marion Bogo is Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of
Toronto, Canada. She is the former Dean and first appointee to the first Endowed Chair in
Social Work. Her research focuses on social work education, including field education and the
conceptualisation and assessment of professional competence. She has published over 100 jour-
nal articles and book chapters, and 5 books. Professor Bogo is a member of numerous journal
editorial boards and was Associate Editor North America for Social Work Education: The Interna-
tional Journal. She has consulted to schools of social work in North America, Asia and Europe.
In 2013 she was awarded the Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award from
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