Book Review - Journeys in Social Work Education in India: Emerging Reflections
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Dear All,
Book Review - Journeys in Social Work Education in India: Emerging Reflections
📕REFLECTION WITHOUT REFLEXIVITY📕
Edited by Murli Desai, R.R. Singh and Sanjai Bhatt
Journeys in Social Work Education in India: Emerging Reflections comprises autobiographical narratives of 17 retired teachers about the “live [lived] history of social work education in India” (p 271). The book is edited by Murli Desai, R R Singh and Sanjai Bhatt. Set out by editors, the authors have recorded their academic contributions, administrative accomplishments, and collaborative works with state and non- state actors. Despite the claim of being a “live[d] history,” the book could not open up a nuanced discussion and a critical self-reflection on contemporary social work education and practice. It appears as a chronicle of a few urban institutions and biographies of selected teachers who provide a ringside view of social work in India and invariably extend information about the histories of various associations and the stories of their rise and fall. The review more specifically comments on the pathology of the social work discipline and its disengaged response to the sociocultural realities in India.
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Edited by Murli Desai, R.R. Singh and Sanjai Bhatt
Journeys in Social Work Education in India: Emerging Reflections comprises autobiographical narratives of 17 retired teachers about the “live [lived] history of social work education in India” (p 271). The book is edited by Murli Desai, R R Singh and Sanjai Bhatt. Set out by editors, the authors have recorded their academic contributions, administrative accomplishments, and collaborative works with state and non- state actors. Despite the claim of being a “live[d] history,” the book could not open up a nuanced discussion and a critical self-reflection on contemporary social work education and practice. It appears as a chronicle of a few urban institutions and biographies of selected teachers who provide a ringside view of social work in India and invariably extend information about the histories of various associations and the stories of their rise and fall. The review more specifically comments on the pathology of the social work discipline and its disengaged response to the sociocultural realities in India.
For more details kindly click the below link:
https://www.nirutapublications.org/blog/reflection-without-reflexivity
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Nirathanka is a non-governmental organization with its registered office at Bangalore. Formed in 2007, its primary objective was to extend services to the elderly men and women in Karnataka. Subsequently, Nirathanka has spread its areas of service to diverse social sector fields such as education, health care, food security, and livelihood training.
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Creation of a knowledge society in Karnataka and in the entire country for ushering in social justice and equity.
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