The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South

Foreword by Marion Bogo

Introduction: New Directions to Field Work Education in Social Work – A Global South Perspective

Rajendra Baikady, Varoshini Nadesan, Sajid S.M, and M. Rezaul Islam

Part I: Developing Practice and Rethinking Perceptions: Field Education in South Asia

1. Revisiting Praxis as a Model for Field Education in Social Work

Febna Reheem, Sojin P. Varghese and Richa Bhardwaj

2. Swastyayan, a Commitment: Fieldwork through Community Engagement

Victor Narzary, Bibharani Swargiary, Riju Sharma and Alice K. Butterfield

3. Impact of Competency-Based Field Work Practicum in Students’ Learning: A Case Study from Nepal

Pradipta Kadambari and Nalini Lama

4. Challenges Faced in Field Work: An Indian Perspective

Deepshikha Carpenter

5. Concurrent Fieldwork in Macro Practice: Cases from South Indian Context

Kanagaraj S.

6. Field Work in Social Work Education: An Account on Sri Lankan Experience

Shamila Sivakumaran and S. Jeevasuthan

7. Need for Decolonizng Field Work Training in Social Work in India

Bishnu Mohan Dash

8. A Critical Reading of Community Social Work Methods and Practices Employed within Urban Underserved Communities in Sri Lanka

H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera

9. Social Work Education and Practice in Pakistan: Mapping the Terrain and Missing Links

Sakina Riaz

10. Social Work Practice in India: In Search of a New Direction

Poonam Gulalia and Chittaranjan Subudhi

Part II: New Insights into Social Work Field Education in Developing Asia

11. Practice Teaching in Social Work Master’s Degree Program: Fostering the Third Mission of Universities: A Case of Georgia

Shorena Sadzaglishvili

12. Fieldwork as a ‘Crucible of Practice’ in the Pursuit for Social Justice and Defense of Human Rights: The Philippine Context

Gil ‘Jake’ I. Espenido

13. Social Work Field Instruction in Turkey

Eda Beydili Gürbüz, İlkay Başak Adıgüzel and Sinan Akçay

14. Social Work Field Education in India and China: A Comparison

Rajendra Baikady and Varoshini Nadesan

Part III: Field Work Education in South Latin American Context

15. Clinical Social Work in Chile

Carolina Muñoz-Guzman, María Olaya Grau, Karla González Suitt and Valentina Garrido López

16. Cultural Practices in Indigenous Chilean communities. New Findings for Social Work Practice

Lorena P. Gallardo-Peralta, Julio Tereucán Angulo, Abel Soto-Higuera and Esteban Sánchez-Moreno

17. Social and Field Work Abilities of Teaching Professors

Claudia Reyes-Quilodran, Paula Miranda and Liliana Guerra-Aburto

18. The Block Placement in Social Work Field Education: A Barbados Case Study

Therese Odle-James and Letnie F. Rock

19. Constructing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Papua New Guinea: Connecting the Local and Global in Field Education

Dunstan Lawihin

20. Social Work Practicum in Chile: The Role of Field Supervisors in a Neoliberal Context

Daniela Díaz-Bórquez, Magdalena Calderón-Orellana and Rafael Araya-Bugueño

21. Let Me Count the Ways: Multiple Discourses in Understandings of Readiness for Practice in Social Work

Karene-Anne Nathaniel

22. Mental Shortcuts: Representativeness Heuristics in Evaluations and Social Work Practice Assessment

Karene-Anne Nathaniel

Part IV: Developing Competent Social Work Graduates: African Perspectives on Field Work Education

23. Contextualizing Social Work Fieldwork Practicum: Innovations, Challenges and Perspectives from Nigeria

Uzoma Odera Okoye and Samuel O. Ebimgbo 

24. Social Work Field Education in Africa: The Case of Botswana

Lengwe-Katembula J. Mwansa

25. Social Work Field Instruction in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Context

Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi

26. Fieldwork Practice in Countries with Recently Introduced Social Work Training: Lessons from Lesotho  

Sophia Thabane, Pumela Nomfundo Mahao and Tšepang Florence Manyeli

27. Social Work Field Education: A Comparative Study Between South Africa and Eswatini

Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi, Felicity Besong Tabi and Zee Catherine Masuku

28. Professionalisation of Social Work in Eswatini: A Comparative Study Between South Africa and Eswatini

Boitumelo Joyce Mohapi, Felicity Besong Tabi and Zee Catherine Masuku

Biography

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.

‘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 poverty, inequality and human rights violation, sometimes with insufficiently institutionalised social work as a profession. The text provides practical examples to guide the 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, disadvantaged 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 education. This book is an invaluable contribution in field work in the Global South and I would strongly recommend it to all social work education programs 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 & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong