LEADER 02486nam 22004213a 450 001 9910917271703321 005 20250305234504.0 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv6gqws2 035 $a(CKB)36718543400041 035 $a(ScCtBLL)3aed2552-ac84-4af7-9657-5bbac6e28aa2 035 $a(OCoLC)794364774 035 $a(oapen)doab90039 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936718543400041 100 $a20250203i20122019 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSocial Work in Africa $eExploring Culturally Relevant Education and Practice in Ghana /$fLinda Kreitzer 210 $aCalgary$cUniversity of Calgary Press$d2012 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cUniversity of Calgary Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 225 1 $aAfrica: Missing Voices 311 08$a9781552385968 311 08$a1552385965 330 $aSocial 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. 606 $aSocial Science / Social Work$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial sciences 615 7$aSocial Science / Social Work 615 0$aSocial sciences. 700 $aKreitzer$b Linda$f1955-$0801788 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910917271703321 996 $aSocial work in Africa$92109985 997 $aUNINA