Social Work in Africa offers professors, students, and
practitioners insight concerning social work in the African
context. Its purpose is to encourage examination of the social work
curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make it more
culturally relevant. Drawing on her experience as a social work
instructor in Ghana with field research conducted for her doctoral
thesis, author Linda Kreitzer addresses the history of social work
in African countries, the hegemony of western knowledge in the
field, and the need for culturally and regionally informed teaching
resources and programs. Guided by a strong sense of her limitations
and responsibilities as a privileged outsider and a belief that
"only Ghanaians can critically look at and decide on a culturally
relevant curriculum for themselves," Kreitzer utilizes
Participatory Action Research methodology to successfully move the
topic of culturally relevant practices from rhetoric to
demonstration. Social Work in Africa is aimed at programs and
practise in Ghana; at the same time, it is intended as a framework
for the creation of culturally relevant social work curricula in
other African countries and other contexts.
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