Complexities Involved in Establishing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Nigeria

Mel Gray; Susan Levy; Uzoma Odera Okoye; Solomon  Amadasun

doi:10.4324/9781003314349-3

Complexities Involved in Establishing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Nigeria

Mel Gray
, Susan Levy
, Uzoma Odera Okoye
, Solomon Amadasun

Education and Society

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This chapter discusses findings from an empirical study that explored issues surrounding the development of a culturally relevant social work curriculum for Nigeria. It begins with a focus on conceptualisations of culture within the African social work discourse on indigenisation and culturally relevant social work with reference to ‘indigenising’ social work education. Second, it contextualises this cultural discourse through a discussion of the findings from a literature review of publications on Nigerian social work and from a focus group with Nigerian social work academics. These findings relate to communal and cultural ways of being, ethics, and ethnicity. They show the complexities involved in developing a culturally relevant curriculum that strives to adhere to international social work standards and values in a context with divergent cultural, religious, and ethnic beliefs and traditions. The chapter closes with a reconceptualisation of a culturally relevant social work curriculum and offers three recommendations for progressing towards achieving this outcome.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education
Editors	Susan Levy, Uzoma Odera Okoye, Pius T. Tanga, Richard Ingram
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	1
Pages	13-25
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040029268
ISBN (Print)	9781032322957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003314349-3
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2024

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Name	Routledge International Handbooks

Keywords

Indigenisation
cultural relevance
social work education
curriculum
Nigeria

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences
General Arts and Humanities
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Complexities Involved in Establishing a Culturally Relevant Social Work Curriculum in Nigeria. / Gray, Mel; Levy, Susan; Okoye, Uzoma Odera et al.
The Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education. ed. / Susan Levy; Uzoma Odera Okoye; Pius T. Tanga; Richard Ingram. Routledge, 2024. p. 13-25 (Routledge International Handbooks).

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The Routledge Handbook of African Social Work Education

Translanguaging and Pedagogic Pathways to Culturally Relevant Social Work Education

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