International collaboration for mutual benefit: a Southwest China and Southeast United States partnership. Issue 3 (2nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jackson, M. Sebrena; Gardell, Debra Nelson; Williams, Javonda; Tang, Ning; Yang, Fan
• Is Part Of: China journal of social work. Volume 14:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 288
• Page End: 300
• Publication Date: 2021-09-02
• Subjects: International social work -- China collaborative -- social work education -- Yunnan University -- University of Alabama; Social service -- China -- Periodicals; 361.30951
• DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2021.1909237
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1752-5098

Abstract

ABSTRACT: China's return to social work education, after a nearly 35-year absence, opened the door for partnerships like the 2012 China Collaborative partnership between the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Katherine A. Kendall Institute, the China Association of Social Work Education (CASWE) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). The University of Alabama School of Social Work (UA SSW) was selected to participate in the collaborative and was connected to the Southwest China Region, specifically partnered with Yunnan University. This manuscript will share the strategies used to engage faculty and students from each partnering institution. Data collected by UA SSW over the five-year partnership will be utilised to contribute to the discussion of the extent to which Western knowledge and theory about social work education might usefully be applied to the Chinese context.