The expansion of developmental social work in Southern and East Africa
Opportunities and challenges for social work field programmes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9974979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mel Gray (0000-0002-9886-5138, University of Newcastle Australia), Kylie Agllias (0000-0003-3344-1243, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), Rodreck Mupedziswa (University of Botswana, Botswana), Rugare Mugumbate (0000-0001-5295-8198, University of Newcastle Australia), Jacob Mugumbate (University of Newcastle Australia) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 974-987 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872817695399 |
| OpenAlex | W2594740743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article reports on a study that examined how fieldwork education in Southern and East Africa was responding to the developmental social work agenda. The study used semi-structured qualitative interviews with key informants from 15 social work programmes in 11 different Southern and East African countries. It investigated whether the social work fieldwork placements on offer provided practical experience of a developmental approach to social work practice. The study showed the creativity and enthusiasm with which social work educators were embracing the goals of developmental social work education, despite the pitfalls and limitations of doing this within fieldwork resource constraints
Economic growth · Enthusiasm · Qualitative research · Social change · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Gender Studies · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |