BBC radio Oxford interview with me on our work to Decolonise the Curriculum
Listen here! BBC radio Oxford interview with me on our work to Decolonise the Curriculum - shaking things up and making a difference
Using locally based indigenous ideas to decolonise curriculums
My partnership with a charity and a university in Burundi is going from strength to strength as it helps enhance our social work programme through learning about the best practices of social workers in East Africa. This was demonstrated on a recent trip to visit Hope Africa University and the charity Social Action for Development in Burundi. In early 2023 an International Association of Schools of social work event hosted at the University of Rwanda saw experts in social work meet to revamp the existing curriculum Experts-in-social-work-meet-to-revamp-existing-curriculum-to-fit-for-the-future . Burundian colleagues were part of this consultation in partnership with Oxford Brookes. The current global knowledge base for social work is dominated by White, Western, Eurocentric, and Global North perspectives on how Social work can be practiced effectively. Using locally based indigenous ideas to decolonise curriculums is an emerging subject area that goes beyond initiatives to deco...
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