Social Work Practice and Education in the Post-Pandemic World
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2024) | Viewed by 2168
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There have been a lot of discussions about what the post-pandemic world will look like. Though there is no consensus yet, it is unlikely that society will return to what it originally was. There are new problems that require new solutions, new needs require new interventions, new user groups require new services, new social issues require new policies, etc., and hopefully, new questions will have new answers. In response to the “news” in the post-pandemic world, social work practice and education have to be renewed.
This Special Issue focuses on the new positioning of social work in micro-, mezzo-, and macro-aspects after the unprecedented disaster. Topics include, but are not limited to: (1) Digital transformation; (2) Innovative policy and practice; (3) Pedagogical enhancement and upgradation; (4) Responses to new inequalities; (5) Ethical considerations; and (6) Researching on social work practice and education in the post-pandemic world.
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Dr. Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- post-pandemic
- digital transformation
- human rights
- social justice
- responses to vulnerable groups
- community development
- public health
- allied health and social services
- social work practice
- social work education
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