Social Work Education

Social work and social development in the Asia-Pacific region continue to grow in new and exciting ways. Social work educators are an essential part of shaping social work and development. In this second edition we hear four new voices from Cambodia Fiji Japan and Vietnam together with revised and updated chapters from social work educators in Australia China Hong Kong India Korea Nepal and New Zealand. Summaries of each chapter are included in Chinese Japanese and Korean as well as in the first language of the author.Despite the astonishing diversity of languages cultures philosophies religions economic systems and ways that social work is taught and practised in the region social work in the Asia-Pacific is becoming more internationally cohesive. At the same time it maintains strong foundations in its local contexts. In an increasingly globalised world international social work belongs in every 21st-century social work curriculum. While this book does not provide all the answers it will help educators and practitioners ask better questions.