Social work education in India and Australia: examining the colonial beginnings, exploring challenges and possibilities

Pulla, Venkat Rao;Francis, Abraham

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In this chapter, the authors endeavour to look at the impetus for social work teaching in India and Australia, two former British colonies. The chapter offers a historical analysis, including the incidental timing of the introduction of the professional educational programs. Both countries had a reasonable history of social welfare provision-before the advent of rather British social work into Australia, and similarly, the American social welfare certification lunged into India. Here we review the set-up of the pedagogic models in both the countries alongside their standards, accreditation and requirements of learning. The authors having taught in both countries for a significant period of their work-life identify the challenges social work education in both countries and offer some suggestions for futuristic action.

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Social Work Education, Research and Practice: perspectives from India and Australia

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978-981-15-9797-8

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Springer

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Singapore

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10.1007/978-981-15-9797-8_2