The study presents the history and current status of social work education in Ethiopia. Five
heads of social work schools, eight social work educators and 35 social work professionals …

Although the situations in many African countries require the presence of social workers,
social work education is not yet well established in many parts of the Continent. The lack of …

The pre-2004 social work education in Ethiopia has more or less a similar history to that of
the beginning of tertiary level education in the country. The first university in Ethiopia was …

Social work is yet to be recognised as a discipline independent of Sociology. In order to
develop as an independent discipline in its own right, social work educators need to come …

Lesotho is a landlocked country in southern Africa, completely surrounded by the Republic
of South Africa, with a current population of 1.8 m people. It gained independence from the …

Due to the changes that developing countries are currently facing, social work educators are
forced to assess the curricula in order to help societies deal with new waves of social …

This article examines the experiences of social work students as well as the challenges of
social work field training in Lesotho with a view to mapping a way forward. Data were …

It is interesting to note Raewyn Connell's Southern Theory (2007) which maps the
geopolitical divisions between North and South in terms of knowledge production and …

Social work education is an essential part and indeed a foundation of the social work
profession. As a fast-developing country, Saudi Arabia has been witnessing many changes …

In Africa, social work education has had a chequered history essentially because of its
colonial heritage. At its inception in the 1930s, social work education was guided by …