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Exploring a New Direction for Social Work Education and Training in Nigeria
Abstract
American and British models of professional social work that have been exported to Africa have been critiqued as unable to address the unique issues and cultural characteristics of the majority of Africans. Such critiques have increased as the social work profession in the Western world has failed to come up with answers to many of its own most vexing social problems. African social work educators are therefore questioning the borrowing of such ‘problematic’ Western social work knowledge. This paper critically reviews the challenges for social work education and training in Nigeria of this Western‐influenced social work legacy that is largely remedial in nature and underpinned by the charity and casework model that locates problems within individuals and their families. Building on recent scholarship, personal experiences of schooling and working in Africa and the West, as well as experiences from collaborating on a project with colleagues in a social work program in a Nigerian university, three issues are put forth that could guide an exploration of a new direction for social work education in Nigeria.
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- Authors
- Anucha, U.
- Corresponding author
- Anucha, Uzo
- Venue
- Social Work Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-03-11
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 229-242
- ISSN
- 0261-5479 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1227
- OpenAlex
- W2027394303
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Work Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › African cultural and philosophical studies
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Social Sciences and Policies
- Keywords
- Nigeria, social work profession
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