This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing global south society. It studies the concept, theories and causes of poverty, as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups, such as women, children, and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical, evidence-based, and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic understanding of social problems and issues in developing countries. The volume brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners from across the globe to develop a hands-on reference work that will be requisite for several social science disciplines concerned with poverty and the welfare of poor peoples. The first of its kind, the handbook will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, social work, political studies, poverty studies, population and demographic studies, sociology, social anthropology, public policy, and political economy, especially those concerned with the Global South.

This Handbook provides an authoritative account of international fieldwork education in social work. It presents an overview of advances in research in social work field education through in-depth analyses and global case studies.

Key features:

Discusses critical issues in teaching social work and curriculum development; health care social work; stimulated learning; field education policies; needs, challenges, and solutions in fieldwork education; reflexivity training; creativity and partnership; resilience enhancement; integrated and holistic education for social workers; student experience; practice education; and ethical responsibility of social work field instructors

Covers social work field education across geographical regions (Asia and the Pacific; North and South America; Australia and Oceania; Europe) and major themes and trends from several countries (U.S.A.; Canada; Australia; China; Hong Kong; Sweden; Aotearoa New Zealand; England; Ukraine; Spain; Estonia; Italy; Ireland; Slovenia; Poland; Romania; Greece; Norway; Turkey; and the Czech Republic)

Brings together international comparative perspectives on fieldwork education in social work from leading experts and social work educators

This Handbook will be an essential resource for scholars and researchers of social work, development studies, social anthropology, sociology, and education. It will also be useful to educators and practitioners of social work in global institutions of higher studies as well as civil society organisations.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Lynne Healy

Introduction: Signature Pedagogy – A Practice Laboratory of Social Work Education

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

Part I: Transforming Practice Teaching: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific

Chapter 1: Reclaiming a Macro Lens, Recasting Multilevel Practice: Social Work Field Education in Hong Kong

Andrew Pau Hoang, Lo Kai Chung and Lucy Porter Jordan

Chapter 2: Developing Healthcare Social Work Curriculum and

Arranging Field Work Education in China

Johnston H. C. Wong

Chapter 3: Fieldwork Education in Social Work as One Way of Building Bridges Between China and Europe

Staffan Höjer, Honglin Chen, Juha Hämäläinen, Jie Lei, Steven M Shardlow, Zhao Fang

Chapter 4: Fieldwork Education in Social Work: Perspectives of Vietnamese Social Work Students

Huong T Hoang and Hang T Dao

Part II: Strengthening Field Education in Social Work: The North and South American Experience

Chapter 5: Adopting a Trauma-Informed Perspective in the Field Practicum: Current Realities and Future Challenges

Carolyn Knight

Chapter 6: Social Work Field Education in the United States

Carole Cox and Jan Miner

Chapter 7: It’s Time to Deconstruct the Problematic Attitude of ‘Fieldwork’ of ‘Global North’!

Shweta Singh

Chapter 8: Social Work Field Education in Canada

Marion Bogo and Karen M. Sewell

Chapter 9: Integrated and Holistic Education for Social Work: The Special Place of Field Education

Naomi B. Farber, Mariah Moran and Steven Wahle

Chapter 10: When the Going Gets Tough: Case Studies of Challenge and Innovation in Canadian Field Education

Brenda Morris, Sarah Todd and Alicia Kalmanovitch

Part III: Current Realities of Social Work Field Education in Australia and Oceania

Chapter 11: Social Work Field Education in Australia: Concepts, Challenges and 21st-Century Concerns

Helen Cleak

Chapter 12: 'Getting Used to the First Nation Person in the Room’: A Discussion on Field Practice in Australia

Kiel Hennessey, Steven Keed, Rachael Howard, Bindi Bennett, Phillip Pallas, Kylie Agllias

Chapter 13: Aotearoa New Zealand Field Education Practice

Kathryn Hay, Dominic Chilvers and Jane Maidment

Chapter 14: Understanding Simulated Learning and its Relationship to Field Education

Jennifer Boddy, Lise Johns, Christian Frost, Mark Lynch and Fiona Stevens

Chapter 15: Social Work Field Education in Australia: Issues and Trends

Kylie Agllias and Leanne Schubert

Part IV: Social Work Field Education in Europe

Chapter 16: ‘She Subjected Me to Pressure from Everybody in the Team’: Aligning Black African Students’ Experiences of Field Education with Social Workers’ Motivations for Becoming Practice Educators in England

Prospera Tedam and Irine Mano

Chapter 17: Teaching Field Social Work: Views from Ukrainian Academia

Tetyana Semigina

Chapter 18: Professional Placements in Social Work Training in Southern Spain: A Comparison with Other Social Sciences

Roser Manzanera Ruiz and Maria del Valle Medina Rodriguez

Chapter 19: Estonian Undergraduate Social Work Students’ Reflections on the Field Placement: Challenges for the Novice Social Workers

Karmen Toros, Kersti Kriisk and Anne Tiko

Chapter 20: Field Work Education in Social Work in Italy

Annamaria Campanini, Marilena Dellavalle and Giovanni Cellini

Chapter 21: A Critical Review of Practice Education in England

Graham Ixer, Mary Baginsky and Jill Manthorpe

Chapter 22: Hearing the Student Voice: An Evaluation of Students’ Experiences and Learning in Fieldwork Education in University College Dublin, Ireland

Elaine Wilson and Niamh Flanagan

Chapter 23: Fieldwork in Social Work Education in Slovenia: Needs, Challenges and Possible Solutions

Liljana Rihter and Tamara Rape Žiberna

Chapter 24: Prior to Embarking on First Fieldwork Education Exposure: Preparing Social Work Students Through Five Experiential Learning Activities

Elena Cabiati and Fabio Folgheraiter

Chapter 25: Reflexivity Development Demonstrated in Examples of Field Placements of Social Work Students

Navrátil Pavel and Navrátilová Jitka

Chapter 26: Experiences on Social Work Field Work Education in Romania

Béla Szabó, Ágnes Dávid-Kacsó and Éva László

Chapter 27: Reflexivity as a Pivotal Component of Fieldwork in Social Work Education

Jarosław Przeperski and Małgorzata Ciczkowska-Giedziun

Chapter 28: Unconventional Practice Placements: Creativity, Partnership and New Professional Opportunities in an Italian Experience of Social Work Field Education

M.L. Raineri, F. Corradini. C. Landi, P. Limongelli

Chapter 29: Construction and Evaluation of Knowledge in Social Work from the Evidence of Professional Internships in Spain

Enrique Pastor Seller

Chapter 30: Character Strengths and Virtues for Competent Fieldwork Education: Perspectives of Undergraduate Students from Two University Departments of Social Work in Greece

Eleni Papouli, Sevaste Chatzifotiou and Charalampos Tsairidis

Chapter 31: Supervision about Culture and Culture in Supervision: International Field Placement

Gurid Aga Askeland and Elsa Døhlie

Chapter 32: Resilience Enhancement in Social Work Field Education

Monika Punová

Chapter 33: Social Work Field Instruction in Turkey: Challenges, Problems and Based Implications

Cemre Bolgün and Buğra Yildirim

Part V: Social Work Field Education under Covid-19

Chapter 34: The Self-directed Practicum: An Innovative Response to COVID-19 and a Crisis in Field Education

Beth Archer-Kuhn, Angela Judge-Stasiak, Lorraine Letkemann, Jennifer Hewson and Jessica Ayala

Chapter 35: Covid-19 Pandemic: A Threat or an Opportunity to Fieldwork Education in England?

Paula Beesley

Chapter 36: Performance of Volunteering and Work Duties during the Pandemic of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic: Lived Experience of Social Work Students

Marie Špiláčková, Kateřina Glumbíková, Veronika Zegzulková, Iva Tichá and Pavlína Rabasová

Conclusion: Technological Advancement and Changing Landscape of Social Work Practice – Challenges Ahead of Next-Generation Practitioners

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

1) This is a comprehensive handbook on social work field education in the Global South. 2) It contains case studies from various countries of global south such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Chile, and Barbados 3) This handbook will be of interest to departments of Social Work, social service, development studies, social anthropology, sociology, education, South Asian studies, and Global South studies across the world.

This handbook addresses the issues and challenges of the delivery of social work education in the contemporary world. It provides an authoritative overview of the key debates, switching the lens away from a Western-centric focus to engage with a much broader audience in countries that are in the process of modernization and professionalization, alongside those where social work education is more developed. Chapters tackle major challenges with respect to curriculum, teaching, practice, and training in light of globalization, providing a thorough examination of the practice of social work in diverse contexts. This handbook presents a contribution to the process of knowledge exchange which is essential to global social work education. It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and aims to be an essential reference for social work educators, researchers, and students.