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Work Education (work + education)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Humanities and Social Sciences80%

Kinds of Work Education

  • social work education
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    Selected Abstracts

    Implications of Eurocentrism for Social Work Education: Trivialization vis-à-vis Skin Color

    ASIAN SOCIAL WORK AND POLICY REVIEW, Issue 3 2009
    Ronald E. Hall
    The significance of skin color among people of color and its relative absence in social work literature is arguably attributed to Eurocentrism. Eurocentrism defines human reality via Eurocentric norms, ideas, values and perspectives. Evidence of Eurocentrism in social work is contained in its literature priorities, skin color litigation, brown racism and skin bleaching. Demonstration of the aforementioned social pathologies involving skin color pertaining to people of color is a critical, existential phenomenon. If social work is to remain viable and be sustained in the future, it must conform to the dictates of changes in the population. That will require a commensurate adjustment and a willingness of its intelligentsia to accommodate skin color and other alternative views relative to education and practice. [source]

    The role of law in welfare reform: critical perspectives on the relationship between law and social work practice

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 1 2006
    Suzy Braye
    This article considers the complex relationships between law, welfare policy and social work practice, in order to address the question of what role legal frameworks might play in achieving welfare policy and professional practice goals. It traces how law has developed as a core component of professional practice, and challenges some of the false expectations placed upon it. It then draws on findings from an international knowledge review of law teaching in social work education to propose a model for understanding how professional practice incorporates legal perspectives, and proposes ways in which legal frameworks can provide positive and constructive vehicles for accountable practice. [source]

    Social work in South Africa at the dawn of the new millennium

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 3 2002
    Mel Gray
    The article examines recent developments in social policy and its implications for social work education and practice in South Africa. It traces the changes from the birth of democracy in South Africa to the dawn of the new millennium as these crucial years marked the beginning of a new era in South Africa's welfare history. It examines the challenges to social work and provides an example of the integrated, holistic developmental interventions, which are needed to combat social problems such as crime, AIDS and poverty. It ends with an examination of the implications of developmental welfare policy for social,work education as social workers are called to address mass poverty, unemployment and social deprivation through greater use of diverse social work methods, such as advocacy, community development, empowerment, consultation, networking, action research and policy analysis. [source]

    Poverty reduction by improving health and social services in Vietnam

    NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES, Issue 4 2007
    Lan. Gien rn
    Abstract This article describes the development and implementation of a five-year plan for the reduction of poverty and the enhancement of human development through improving public health and social services in rural Vietnam. This plan was achieved by training the trainers and building capacity for the social workers. The project was a collaborative effort between the Schools of Nursing and Social Work at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the University of Labor and Social Affairs, Hanoi, Vietnam. The collaboration was also committed to improving the quality of social work education and training in Vietnam. All the project's objectives were achieved beyond original expectations. The actual outcomes are sustainable and in addition gender equality has been a cross-cutting theme. [source]