Mbongeni Sithole
Biographic Data
| ID | 6607165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mbongeni Sithole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mbongeni |
| FAMILY NAME | Sithole |
| SIGNATURE | SITHOLE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4075-0677 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Supporting Children and Their Families in Gauteng Public Schools
School social work practice in the South African context is a growing field; however, there is limited research regarding the roles and responsibilities of school social workers, particularly in the Gauteng province. This province is unique in that school social workers are employed by multiple institutions, including individual schools and the education and social development departments. This study aimed to explore and describe the roles and re…
The Roles and Responsibilities of School Social Workers in the African Context
The profession of school social work has been acknowledged as being of critical importance on a global scale. However, little is known about the practice of school social work in the African context, specifically the roles and responsibilities of practitioners. This scoping review aimed to synthesize empirical studies conducted in the African continent on the roles and responsibilities of school social workers. Using Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) …
African Knowledge Production Incubators
Six social work academics from five universities in South Africa embarked on an African Knowledge Production Incubators project using PALAR methodology. We acknowledged the imperative to decolonise social work curricula in South African universities with the goal of centering African knowledges. This article reports on our project's first objective viz. telling stories of our lived experiences of being an African. Our stories reflected the richne…
Autoethnographic View of South African Social Work Educators During the Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has exposed the inequalities and polarisation of South African communities and institutions of higher learning on the continuum of privilege. As nine social work educators, we share our reflections on how we traversed the higher education space during the beginning of the pandemic, using an autoethnography lens, with the pedagogy of discomfort and critical social work theory as the threads in the complex tapestry of our stories. We descr…
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Autoethnographic View of South African Social Work Educators During the Covid-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has exposed the inequalities and polarisation of South African communities and institutions of higher learning on the continuum of privilege. As nine social work educators, we share our reflections on how we traversed the higher education space during the beginning of the pandemic, using an autoethnography lens, with the pedagogy of discomfort and critical social work theory as the threads in the complex tapestry of our stories. We descr…
The Roles and Responsibilities of School Social Workers in the African Context
The profession of school social work has been acknowledged as being of critical importance on a global scale. However, little is known about the practice of school social work in the African context, specifically the roles and responsibilities of practitioners. This scoping review aimed to synthesize empirical studies conducted in the African continent on the roles and responsibilities of school social workers. Using Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) …
African Knowledge Production Incubators
Six social work academics from five universities in South Africa embarked on an African Knowledge Production Incubators project using PALAR methodology. We acknowledged the imperative to decolonise social work curricula in South African universities with the goal of centering African knowledges. This article reports on our project's first objective viz. telling stories of our lived experiences of being an African. Our stories reflected the richne…
Supporting Children and Their Families in Gauteng Public Schools
School social work practice in the South African context is a growing field; however, there is limited research regarding the roles and responsibilities of school social workers, particularly in the Gauteng province. This province is unique in that school social workers are employed by multiple institutions, including individual schools and the education and social development departments. This study aimed to explore and describe the roles and re…
Social Work Education and Practice (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)