02486nam 22004213a 450 991091727170332120250305234504.0https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6gqws2(CKB)36718543400041(ScCtBLL)3aed2552-ac84-4af7-9657-5bbac6e28aa2(OCoLC)794364774(oapen)doab90039(EXLCZ)993671854340004120250203i20122019 uu engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial Work in Africa Exploring Culturally Relevant Education and Practice in Ghana /Linda KreitzerCalgaryUniversity of Calgary Press2012[s.l.] :University of Calgary Press,2012.1 online resource (1 p.)Africa: Missing Voices9781552385968 1552385965 Social Work in Africa offers professors, students, and practitioners insight concerning social work in the African context. Its purpose is to encourage examination of the social work curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make it more culturally relevant. Drawing on her experience as a social work instructor in Ghana with field research conducted for her doctoral thesis, author Linda Kreitzer addresses the history of social work in African countries, the hegemony of western knowledge in the field, and the need for culturally and regionally informed teaching resources and programs. Guided by a strong sense of her limitations and responsibilities as a privileged outsider and a belief that "only Ghanaians can critically look at and decide on a culturally relevant curriculum for themselves," Kreitzer utilizes Participatory Action Research methodology to successfully move the topic of culturally relevant practices from rhetoric to demonstration. Social Work in Africa is aimed at programs and practise in Ghana; at the same time, it is intended as a framework for the creation of culturally relevant social work curricula in other African countries and other contexts.Social Science / Social WorkbisacshSocial sciencesSocial Science / Social WorkSocial sciences.Kreitzer Linda1955-801788ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910917271703321Social work in Africa2109985UNINA