Ubuntu in Social Services and Development in Africa – A Comprehensive Guide [basic elibrary package]

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• Individual chapters as epubs
• Cover page (front)
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• All sections as pdfs (e.g. Foreword, Authors, Index, Appendices etc)
• All sections as epubs (e.g. Foreword, Authors, Index, Appendices etc)

About the book

Features of this book are:

• It focuses on a range of social service professions – social workers, development workers, community workers, counsellors, psychologists, social welfare workers, social development workers, cultural services workers, and social administrators.
• It is suitable at all levels of tertiary education – certificate, diploma, bachelor, master and doctoral.
• It is suitable for lecturers, tutors, students, researchers, and fieldwork educators.
• It focuses on skills required for practice in Africa.
• It is a decolonised guide.
• Focuses on the family and community, the individual is viewed through the family.
• It has chapters on philosophy, ethics, and theories in social services.
• There is a chapter on the diaspora of Africa.
• All writers are Africans.
• 90% of literature cited in this book is from Africa.
• At the end of each chapter, there are questions, activities, and ideas for assessments, research and fieldwork.
• A glossary of terms is provided at the end of the book.
• A list of used and recommended references is provided at the end of the book.
• A comprehensive index is provided at the end of the book.
• The book offers skills that could be applied anywhere in Africa and are transferable globally.
• It provides comprehensive guidance on how to use Ubuntu.

These are the several ways to use this book:

• List the book in the course or subject outline as an essential textbook or reference book.
• Give students specific pages or chapters as a reading in the course or subject outline.
• Use images and illustrations in your presentations.
• Use case studies for teaching.
• Copy and use assignment and examination questions.
• Copy and use questions for research.
• Copy and use ideas for fieldwork.
• Use as a reference guide during fieldwork supervision.
• Use as a reference for literature review.

List of chapters and pages

CHAPTER 1: Africa’ philosophy for social services, 1-21
CHAPTER 2: Ubuntu values and ethics, pages, 22-39
CHAPTER 3: Theories of social services, 40-59
CHAPTER 4: History of social services and social work in Africa, 60-87
CHAPTER 5: Social services at different levels of society, 88-105
CHAPTER 6: Botho as an organising precept for social services in Botswana: towards Africa’s perspectives, 106-116
CHAPTER 7: Ubuntu and social development in Africa, 117-128
CHAPTER 8: Community work and community development in Africa, 129-166
CHAPTER 9: Using Ubuntu outside Africa: insights, knowledge, values and strategies for the African diaspora, 167
CHAPTER 10: Training and academic fieldwork for social services, 182-319
Appendix 1: Ubuntu
Appendix 2: Umoja waAfrica (African Union)
Appendix 3: Research approaches, designs, and methods for Africa