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Submission Number: 4
Submission ID: 720
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Created: Fri, 03/07/2025 - 11:32
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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
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Presenters
Dr.
Bhuda
Gladys
University of south africa
Gladys Bathabile Bhuda is a lecture in the Department of Social Work at the University of South Africa. She is involved in the teaching and learning of social work students at fourth level and involved in the in the supervision of postgraduate social work students. Her fields of Specialisation are social work management, social work supervision and social work in health while her research interests include leadership, social work mixed method research and decolonization.
No
Abstract
Quizzing the Integration of entrepreneurship in social work education: The case study of Gauteng universities, South Africa.
THEME 4: Social Work Education, Transdisciplinarity and Curriculum Development
SUB 4.1 Preparing future social workers for roles in in nontraditional social work environments.
Oral Presentation
In recent years, the South African social services sector has not been able to absorb social work graduates seeking employment. In 2023 it was estimated that 9000 social work graduates were unemployed. The number has increased following the April 2024 graduation season, with a new cohort of graduates having entered the job market. Against this backdrop, it cannot be business as usual for the teaching institutions (universities). There is a need to augment the current social work undergraduate curriculum to introduce material preparing students for the volatile job market. Consequently, this paper quizzes the feasibility of incorporating entrepreneurship in social work curriculum in South Africa. A qualitative approach was followed within the multiple descriptive case study design and data was collected by means of systematic literature review, which was subsequently analysed thematically. Ethical issues were also considered in the study. The study thus makes various recommendations of how entrepreneurship can be incorporated in the social work curriculum.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
DR
KIM
SCHMIDT
Yes
Education
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Thabisa
MATSEA
Yes
Education
Accepted