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South African social work education

Critical imperatives for social change in the post-apartheid and post-colonial context

School of Human and Community Development, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits, SA 2050, South Africa, Linda.Smith{at}wits.ac.za

English

In the context of ongoing internalized and structural forms of oppression in post-apartheid and post-colonial South Africa, social work education must be critical and engage with structural, modernist analysis and post-modern critical theory. This article explores how students experience a critical conscientization process as part of preparation for praxis which meets social change imperatives.

French

Dans un contexte où les formes d'oppression structurelles et intériorisées de la période post-apartheid et postcoloniale se maintiennent, il est nécessaire que la formation en travail social soit critique et qu'elle fasse place à l'analyse structurelle moderne et à la théorie critique post-moderne. Cette étude explore la façon dont les étudiants font l'expérience, dans leur cheminement pratique, d'un processus de conscientisation critique qui répond aux exigences du changement social.

Spanish

En el contexto de las internalizadas y estructurales formas de opresión actuales en la Sud Africa post-colonial y post-apartheid, la educación en trabajo social debe ser crítica y comprometida con el análisis estructural moderno y con la teoría crítica postmoderna. Este artículo explora cómo los estudiantes experimentan el proceso de concientización crítica como parte de la preparación para la práctica, la cual se enfrenta con los imperativos del cambio social.

Key Words: anti-oppressive practice • critical social work • post-colonial social work • radical social work • social work education

International Social Work, Vol. 51, No. 3, 371-383 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807088083


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