News and Views...from IASSW: Social work education in China

The factors affecting curriculum design of social work degree programs in Mainland China: Accounts of social work educators

“…In line with the suggestion in Tasse (2008) that social work educators need to build a curriculum framework that adapts more flexibly to various external and internal changes, an Influence Map of Social Work Curriculum Design (Figure 1) is proposed in this study, which highlights the importance of the internal and external influences that affect the development process of social work curricula. The map also suggests social work curriculum design needs to take into consideration the opinions of stakeholders and student employment needs.…”

The Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development: A place to link together and be effective in a globalized world

“…This is a particular challenge for social work, given our ethical stance in relation to self-realization and empowerment and our opposition to processes of colonization and domination. We also recognize that the structures of social work and the titles used by social professionals also vary within and between regions (for a European example, see Boddy and Statham, 2009; for evidence from China, see Tassé, 2008; for examples from Africa, see Kreitzer et al, 2008;Laird, 2003;Mazibuko and Gray, 2004; and for insight into the Latin American debate, see for example, Netto, 1999Netto, , 2006.…”