Abstract
This special issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk comprises ten papers presented at the annual conference of the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) held in Cape Town in September 2010.The theme of the conference was Social Work educators and practitioners: partners in teaching and learning. The purpose of the conference was to bring together educators and practitioners as partners in teaching and learning. The themes of the articles reflect some of the major issues that confront teaching and learning in South Africa today.
Highlights
The selected papers fall into three sections: practice education; distance learning; and Social Work pedagogy
In the first section the articles focus on practice education in participatory approaches to community work and research, a university-community outreach initiative, and the role of field instructors
In Emancipatory pedagogy and community work: the teaching-practice nexus Sewpaul, Osthus and Mhone draw on fieldwork and research with undergraduate students, based on an assumption that engendering critical understanding among students contributes to critical action
Summary
In the first section the articles focus on practice education in participatory approaches to community work and research, a university-community outreach initiative, and the role of field instructors. The theme of the conference was Social Work educators and practitioners: partners in teaching and learning.
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