Field Instruction in Social Work Education: The Indian Experience

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A comprehensive guide to social work praxis, this book provides a clear conceptual understanding of fieldwork supervision in India. It elaborates on the dynamic components of fieldwork instruction – the methodologies and effective strategies, the supervisor–student–agency triad, challenges and the future. The volume underlines the importance of student mentoring and the imperative need to develop creative and competent strategies to make fieldwork education more responsive and effective. It also emphasises the need for the inclusion of social justice-oriented perspectives and approaches in fieldwork training in India. Instructive and anecdotal, the chapters in this volume reflect on the challenges which students and supervisors face on a regular basis in different environments while dealing with critical circumstances. The focus of the book is to delineate strategies and approaches which promote skill building and the ability in students to understand sociocultural contexts of the field and engage with them effectively. This volume will be an essential resource for social work educators, field practitioners and students of social work, law, public policy, sociology and social entrepreneurship. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: changing nature of fieldwork 1 Facilitating learning of social work values through student supervision 2 Fieldwork and contemporary realities: convergence and complexities 3 Coordinating fieldwork: challenges and learning 4 Fieldwork supervision: from vigilantism to nurturance 5 The conscious use of theory in social work practice: illustrations from fieldwork 6 Recording and documentation in fieldwork 7 Supervision using conferences in social work practicum 8 Concurrent fieldwork training and supervision in social work: challenges and solutions in the context of Barak Valley, Assam 9 The adaptive supervisor Conclusion: issues for the future of field instruction in social work education Index