This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current understanding through coverage of key debates, exploring the state of play in particular social work education fields and reflecting on where the future might be taking us. Drawing on medical education as an exemplar, the contributions view social work education as a specialism and a field of expertise that counts in the same way as research programmes in more traditional areas of social work practice. The chapters are concerned with the theory and practice of social work education at all levels; they are accessible, conceptually clear, research based where appropriate, critically reflective and ethically underpinned.

Part I: Social Work Education in Context: The Western Drivers 1. 'Think Globally and Locally': A New Agenda for International Social Work Education 2. Social Work Education and the Challenge of Race Equality 3. Understanding and Assessing Competence: Challenges Associated with the Competency-based Approach to Social Work Education 4. 'Whose Curriculum is it Anyway?' Social Work Education, Globalisation and Knowledge 5. The Academisation of Professional Social Work: A Case Study of Europe 6. Social Work Education and the Borderless University Experience Part II: Emerging and Re-emerging Social Work Education 7. The Development of Social Work Education in China in an Era of Rapid Change and Transformation 8. Treading the Long Path: Social Work Education in Malaysia 9. Creating Social Work Education in The Republic of Georgia 10. Education for Social Development: The Case of India 11. Developing Social Work Education in Africa: The Case for a Social Development Approach Part III: The Scholarship of Learning and Teaching 12. Developing Learning and Teaching About Diversity and Social Justice 13. Developing Research Learning and Teaching in Qualifying Social Work Education 14. Teaching and Learning for Ethical Practice in Social Work Education 15. Developing Research and Scholarship in Law Teaching for Social Work Education 16. Evaluating Social Work Education Part IV: New Insights into Field Education 17. Practice Learning: Challenging Neoliberalism in a Turbulent World 18. Aspirations and Realities in Delivering Field Education in a Developing Country Context: Learning from Papua New Guinea 19. Contesting Field Education in Social Work: Using Critical Reflection to Enhance Student Learning for Critical Practice 20. Space and Fluidity: Student Learning in Supervision in Field Placements 21. Italian and English Practice Educators Experience of working with Struggling or Failing Students in Practice Placements 22. Group Supervision in Social Work Field Education: The Perspectives of Supervisors Part V: New Directions in Learning and Teaching 23. Using Simulation in Teaching and Assessing Social Work 24. Enabling Social Work Students to Deal with the Consequences of Political Conflict 25. Service User amd Carer Assessment of Social Work Students 26. Suitability, Gate-keeping and Social Work Education 27. Social Media in Social Work Education: Developing Learning and Teaching Strategies 28. Web-based Social Work Education in the USA 29. Artifacts or Catalysts? Moving Doctoral Dissertations from the Shelf to the Practice Community Part VI: Future Challenges for Social Work Education 30. Educating Resilient Practitioners 31. Developing the Academic Workforce: Profiles from the United Kingdom and the United States of America 32. Back to the Future: The Role of the Academy in Social Work Education 33. Social Work Education and the Neoliberal Challenge 34. Social Work Education's Role in Addressing People and a Planet at Risk