This handbook provides an authoritative account of international field work education in social work. It presents an overview of advances in research in social work field education through in-depth analyses and global case studies across geographical regions, major themes and trends, and international comparative perspectives.

Introduction: Signature Pedagogy - A Practice Laboratory of Social Work Education Part I: Transforming Practice Teaching: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific 1. Reclaiming a Macro Lens, Recasting Multilevel Practice: Social Work Field Education in Hong Kong 2. Developing Healthcare Social Work Curriculum and Arranging Field Work Education in China 3. Fieldwork Education in Social Work as One Way of Building Bridges Between China and Europe 4. Fieldwork Education in Social Work: From the Perspectives of Vietnamese Social Work Students Part II: Strengthening Field Education in Social Work: The North and South American Experience 5. Adopting a Trauma-Informed Perspective in the Field Practicum: Current Realities and Future Challenges 6. Social Work Field Education in the United States 7. It's Time to Deconstruct the Problematic Attitude of 'Fieldwork' of 'Global North'! 8. Social Work Field Education in Canada 9. Integrated and Holistic Education for Social Work: The Special Place of Field Education 10. When the Going Gets Tough: Case Studies of Challenge and Innovation in Canadian Field Education Part III: Current Realities of Social Work Field Education in Australia and Oceania 11. Social Work Field Education in Australia: Concepts, Challenges and 21st-Century Concerns 12. 'Getting Used to the First Nation Person in the Room': A Discussion on Field Practice in Australia 13. Aotearoa New Zealand Field Education Practice 14. Understanding Simulated Learning and its Relationship to Field Education 15. Social Work Field Education in Australia: Issues and Trends Part IV: Social Work Field Education in Europe 16. 'She Subjected Me to Pressure from Everybody in the Team': Aligning Black African Students' Experiences of Field Education with Social Workers' Motivations for Becoming Practice Educators in England 17. Teaching Field Social Work: Views from Ukrainian Academia 18. Professional Placements in Social Work Training in Southern Spain: A Comparison with Other Social Sciences 19. Estonian Undergraduate Social Work Students' Reflections on the Field Placement: Challenges for the Novice Social Workers 20. Field Work Education in Social Work in Italy 21. A Critical Review of Practice Education in England 22. Hearing the Student Voice: An Evaluation of Students' Experiences and Learning in Fieldwork Education in University College Dublin, Ireland 23. Fieldwork in Social Work Education in Slovenia: Needs, Challenges and Possible Solutions 24. Prior to Embarking on First Fieldwork Education Exposure: Preparing Social Work Students Through Five Experiential Learning Activities 25. Reflexivity Development Demonstrated in Examples of Field Placements of Social Work Students 26. Experiences on Social Work Field Work Education in Romania 27. Reflexivity as a Pivotal Component of Fieldwork in Social Work Education 28. Unconventional Practice Placements: Creativity, Partnership and New Professional Opportunities in an Italian Experience of Social Work Field Education 29. Construction and Evaluation of Knowledge in Social Work from the Evidence of Professional Internships in Spain 30. Character Strengths and Virtues for Competent Fieldwork Education: Perspectives of Undergraduate Students from Two University Departments of Social Work in Greece 31. Supervision about Culture and Culture in Supervision: International Field Placement 32. Resilience Enhancement in Social Work Field Education 33. Social Work Field Instruction in Turkey: Challenges, Problems and Based Implications Part V: Social Work Field Education under Covid-19 34. The Self-directed Practicum: An Innovative Response to COVID-19 and a Crisis in Field Education 35. Covid-19 Pandemic: A Threat or an Opportunity to Fieldwork Education in England? 36. Performance of Volunteering and Work Duties during the Pandemic of Covid-19 in the Czech Republic: Lived Experience of Social Work Students . Conclusion: Technological Advancement and Changing Landscape of Social Work Practice - Challenges Ahead of Next-Generation Practitioners