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‘A valuable resource! It reflects the global diversity and cultural sensitivity of social work. In this handbook, contributing authors from Africa, Asia, and Latin America share their experiences in organising study placements and practice learning of students. The authors also discuss local models for field education under social realities of countries facing pov- erty, inequality, and human rights violations, sometimes with insufficiently institutionalised social work as a profession. The text provides practical examples to guide universities and social services. I consider that social work educators will find this reflexive book useful’. Tetyana Semigina, Professor, Academy of Labour, Social Relations, and Tourism, Kyiv, Ukraine, and former Secretary of the International Association of Schools of Social Work ‘As a profession that requires direct contact with clients who may be vulnerable, disadvan- taged, and low resourced, being acculturated into the practice environment through field work is absolutely important. This global handbook on how field work is being organised in different socio-economic-political contexts is a unique contribution to social work educa- tion. This book is an invaluable contribution in field work in the global south and I would strongly recommend it to all social work education programmes as populations are moving around and the training under different cultural context should be world knowledge’. Cecilia Lai Wan Chan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South This handbook provides an authoritative account of social work field education in the global south. It presents an overview of various aspects of theory and practice modules in the social work curriculum and advances in research in social work field education in the developing world through in-depth analyses and global case studies. Key features: • Discusses critical issues and new directions in the theory and practice of social work field education, challenges in field work education, decolonising field work training, developing competent social work graduates, aligning fieldwork with cultural practices in indigenous communities, the idea of clinical social work, and a comparative analysis of social work field supervision. • Integrates theory and practice of social work field education for students and teachers from diverse geographical and cultural contexts across the global south, including countries from South Asia and Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, covering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Georgia, Philippine, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Eswatini, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Chile, and Barbados. • Brings together international comparative perspectives on field work education in social work from leading experts, social work educators, and social work professionals. This handbook will be an essential resource for scholars and researchers of social work, development studies, social anthropology, sociology, education, South Asian studies, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to educators and practitioners of social work in global institutions of higher studies as well as civil society organisations. Rajendra Baikady is URC Special Post-Doctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, UK. Sajid S.M. is a senior social work educator and Professor of Social Work at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Varoshini Nadesan is Lecturer and Postgraduate Supervisor at the Department of Social Work and Community Development, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. M. Rezaul Islam is Professor in Social Work at the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South Edited by Rajendra Baikady, Sajid S.M., Varoshini Nadesan, and M. Rezaul Islam Cover image credit line: @gettyimages First published 2022 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Rajendra Baikady, Sajid S.M., Varoshini Nadesan and M. Rezaul Islam; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Rajendra Baikady, Sajid S.M., Varoshini Nadesan and M. Rezaul Islam to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN: 978-1-032-13718-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-19261-1 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-27011-9 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003270119 Typeset in Bembo by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India To Professor Marion Bogo, who wrote an encouraging Foreword to this handbook, but left us before the book could see the light of the day. Contents List of Figures xiii List of Tables xiv List of Contributors xv Foreword xxiii Acknowledgements xxv Introduction: New Directions to Field Work Education in Social Work: A Global South Perspective 1 Rajendra Baikady, Varoshini Nadesan, S.M. Sajid, and M. Rezaul Islam PART I Developing Practice and Rethinking Perceptions: Field Education in South Asia 11 1 Revisiting Praxis as a Model for Field Education in Social Work 13 Febna Reheem, Sojin P. Varghese, and Richa Bhardwaj 2 Swastyayan, a Commitment: Fieldwork through Community Engagement 26 Victor Narzary, Bibharani Swargiary, Riju Sharma, and Alice K. Butterfield 3 Impact of the Competency-Based Field Work Practicum on Students’ Learning 39 Pradipta Kadambari and Nalini Lama 4 Challenges Faced in Field Work: An Indian Perspective 54 Deepshikha Carpenter 5 Concurrent Fieldwork in Macro Practice: Cases from the South Indian Context 65 S. Kanagaraj iixx
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