Background and aim: There is an increased understanding of and appreciation for teachers’ work from other disciplines, primarily for formulating individual plans and enhancing one’s teaching based on observations and shared reflections. This article reviews how reflective practice, which is self-initiated and focused, informs the understanding and improvement of teaching practices, demonstrates interaction with students, and […]

Integrating welfare economics in social work curriculum: a Malaysian case This paper explores some meanings identified for and by social work assessment, andintroduces an explanatory model to consider the development of social work assessment in Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam and the UK. Understanding what social workers are doing is critical to the moral foundations of practice, […]

Culture and Politics of Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan: Borderlands and Conflict Areas as Critical Spaces for International Social Work. This paper sets out to discuss role of social work as an egalitarian profession in the terrorists affected Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Ex-FATA) in the north of Pakistan. The culture, politics and governance of […]