Social Work Education in India

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Foreword
 
Social work education in India edited by Dr. B.S. Gunjal and Dr. Gangabhushan M. Molankal contains valuable contributions on the different aspects of the profession. It is generally agreed that the conceptual, analytical and knowledge frame work are heavily Western biased. They have emerged as responses to the challenges faced by those societies during their transition from the agrarian to the industrial, from the rural to the urban, from the peasant to the proletariat and from the self employed mode of production to the capitalist mode. These social and cultural changes have had profound consequences to man and his environment. Social work profession, as all others, was a response to understand and deal with the social problems engulfing those societies. Therefore, the methods, techniques and methodologies may not prove effective in a different context. It is argued that there are unique features specific to a society and the social work profession has to deal with these. There has been a call for indigenization of the values, ethics, philosophy, methods and techniques of social work. We have to produce indigenous literature relevant to the teaching and practice of social work. In short, we need to develop Indian social work instead of hanging on mechanically to western tools. Can we then, relook our instruments? The late Sugatha Das Gupta and several others were vehemently in favour of such an effort. We have to rescue the profession from the western cliches. Innovation is the need of the day. The new generation of educators are the hope. They need to be guided towards the exciting task of rediscovering the profession. It has happened in the U.S.A. , the U.K. and several countries. The outmoded and archaic have been shown the door. A similar development is long overdue in India also.
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It is in this context, we should welcome the book of reading pertaining to vital areas of social work concerns such as the state of the art in Social Work Research by Lal Das, Values and Ethics by Ramesh and Kazi, Field Work Curriculum in the professional development of Social Work by Gunjal.
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I congratulate Dr. B.S. Gunjal and Dr. Gangabhushan M. Molankal on doing such a fine job.
 
K.V. Ramana
 
 
 
Contents
 
Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Contributors
1.           Introduction
              B.S. Gunjal and Gangabhushan M. Molankal
2.           Social work in search of Professional identity (Professionalization of Social Work)
               V.B. Pai
3.           Social Work Philosophy, Values, Ethics and Human rights in Social Work Education
               Ramesh B and S.A. Kazi         
4.           Social Work Research: Education and Training
               D. K Lal Das     
5.           Standard Criteria for Curriculum of Social Work Education
               M.P. Somashekar and Y.S. Siddegowda
6.           Contexts and Approaches of Social Work Education and Practice: Indian Perspective
               Channaveer RM        
7.           Field Work Practicum, An integral part of Social Work Education
               B.S. Gunjal and Gopalji Mishra         
8.           Interface between Schools of Social Work-and Other Actors     
               M. Lakshmipathi Raju & A.B.S.Y. Ranga Rao
9.           Employment Prospects for Social Work Graduates        
               Ashok Antony D'Souza          
10.         Application of Social Work Methods in Social Service Delivery System                       
​              B.T. Lawani            184
II.            Social Work Education in India: Areas of Concern           
               Gangabhushan M. Molankal            
12.         Expanding Horizons of Higher Education in         
               Social Work and recognising it's Challenges.        
               Mahesh Chougule      
Subject Index