Broadening Horizons: International Exchanges in Social Work

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Pub. Date: 2003-09-28
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This engaging and informative volume fills both a theoretical and a practice gap in the literature on tackling social work problems on a global scale. Drawing on a range of international exchange projects, it discusses the experiences of academics, practitioners and students involved in international exchanges in social work.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword xvii
1 Introduction 1(18)
Lena Dominelli and Wanda Thomas Bernard
2 Internationalising Social Work: Introducing Issues of Relevance 19(14)
Lena Dominelli
PART I: BEING AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT - OPPORTUNITIES AND LESSONS LEARNT
3 Learning about my Professional Self through an International Placement
33(12)
Michelle Hammond
4 Learning what I didn't know about Myself as a Person
45(16)
Anne LeBlanc
5 Not so Familiar: The Case of 'H'
61(8)
Melanie Myles
6 Supporting families through Multi-Level Interventions
69(12)
Helena Albertson
7 Context Matters: Child Abuse in a Deprived Community
81(10)
Bethany J. Savoy
8 Away from Home: Reflections from Working with Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
91(20)
Renee Meuse
9 Learning about Child Welfare in Nova Scotia
111(18)
Andy Markland
10 Impressions from an English Exchange Student in Canada
129(6)
Phil Beck
11 Reflecting on a Practice Placement in India
135(12)
Christine Bennett
PART II: SUPPORTING STUDENTS ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES - VIEWS FROM PRACTICE
12 Tutoring Overseas and Home Students
147(14)
Kish Bhatti-Sinclair
13 Preparing and Supporting Students for International Exchanges: The Challenges of Linking Theory and Practice
161(12)
Sheila Sammon, Walehe Whitaker and Constance Barlow
14 Managing Overseas Placements for Students
173(6)
Anne Davies and Sally Cosstick
15 Network Collaboration within Swedish Child Welfare
179(14)
Sven Hessle
16 Diversity in the Multiversity: An Opportunity for Co-operation among Research, Education and Practice Providers
193(18)
Greger Helin and Nicoline Isacson
17 Developing a Child Welfare Curriculum across Borders
211(24)
Julia Waldman with David Colombi
PART III: BROADENING HORIZONS - CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS BORDERS
18 Visioning International Student Exchanges
235(8)
Lena Dominelli
19 Dialogue with the Field
243(14)
Joan Gilroy
20 'What am I Doing Here, Really?' - Students' and Teachers' Reflections on International Placements
257(20)
Carolyn Noble
21 Exploring Partnership: Student Evaluations of International Exchanges in London and Durban
277(20)
Sue Lawrence, Donna Dustin, Madhubala Kasiram and Rubeena Partab
22 Reframing Epistemologies and Practice through International Exchanges: Global and Local Discourses in the Development of Critical Consciousness
297(36)
Vishanthie Sewpaul
23 The Cultivation of Global Citizenship through International Student Exchanges: The Hong Kong Experience
333(18)
Cecilia L.W. Chan and Ernest W.T. Chuff
24 Conclusions
351(10)
Lena Dominelli and Wanda Thomas Bernard
Bibliography 361(14)
Author Index 375(4)
Subject Index 379

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