SOCIAL WORK IN MOLDOVA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FULBRIGHT SPECIALISTS’ REFLECTIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25128/2520-6230.18.3.3Keywords:
Social work, Education, Moldova, FulbrightAbstract
The Republic of Moldova ranks low in common living standards and human development indicators in comparison with other European and transitional economies. The social work profession within Moldova is also in transition. Two Fulbright specialists discuss their experiences as social work professors in Moldova. First, the need for social work education and professional social workers is detailed. Second, training of Moldovan university faculty and government officials is considered. Third, how students were educated through classes in Moldova and through distance-learning co-taught courses from the USA is detailed. Finally, the specialists reflect on the continuing need for professionalism in such transitional economies.References
Asipovich, H. (2010). Country Report: Moldova. International Journal of Not-For-Profit Law, 12(4), 80-84.
Askeland, G., & Bradley, G. (2007). Linking critical reflection and qualitative research on an African social work master's programme. International Social Work, 50(5), 671-685. doi:10.1177/0020872807079929
Bilson, A., & Cox, P. (2007). Caring about poverty. Journal of Children & Poverty, 13(1), 37-55. doi:10.1080/10796120601171294
Bollag, B. (1998). Poverty prompts many academics in Moldova to solicit bribes for good grades. Chronicle of Higher Education, 45(4), A53
Brunovskis, A., & Surtees, R. (2013). Coming home: Challenges in family reintegration for trafficked women. Qualitative Social Work, 12(4), 454-472. doi:10.1177/1473325011435257
Davis, R. & Blake, A. (December 2008). Social work education and the practice environment in Europe and Eurasia. Rutgers University Center for International Social Work, Doc ID: PD-AND-298.
Dominelli, L.D. (1996). Deprofessionalising social work: Anti-oppressive practice competencies and post-modernism. British Journal of Social Work 26: 153-175
Dominelli, L.D. (2004). Social Work: Theory and Practice for a Changing Profession. Cambridge, Polity Press
Drucker, D. (2003). Whither international social work? International Social Work, 46(1), 53-81
Equipping International Communities Moldova Social Work Education Partnership, School of Social Work, Baylor University. http://www.baylor.edu/social_work/index.php?id=66849 Retrieved April 2012.
Habibov, N. (2013). Who Wants to Redistribute? An Analysis of 14 Post-Soviet Nations. Social Policy & Administration, 47(3), 262-286. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00834.x
Hessle, S. (Ed.). International standard setting of higher social work education. Stockholm University, Stockholm Studies of Social Work.
Imbrogno, S. (2001). States in transition. International Social Work, 44(2), 211-228.
International Federation of Social Workers. (2005). International policy statement on globalization and the environment. http://www.ifsw.org/p38000222.html
Ismayilova, L., & El-Bassel, N. (2013). Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence
by Type and Severity: Population-Based Studies in Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Ukraine. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(12), 2521-2556. doi:10.1177/0886260513479026
Kam-Shing, Y. (2006). Reflectivity in social work practice with clients with mental-health illness: Promise and challenge in social work education. International Social Work, 49(2), 245-255. doi:10.1177/0020872806061239
Menchini, L., & Redmond, G. (2009). Poverty and deprivation among children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. International Journal of Social Welfare, 18(3), 225-236. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00620.x
Moldovan, V., & Moyo, O. (2007). Contradictions in the ideologies of helping: Examples from Zimbabwe and Moldova. International Social Work, 50(4), 461-472. doi:10.1177/0020872807077907
Moldovan, V., Divale, W., Nacu, A., Socrovisciuc, A., Sterpu, V., Fauras, V., & ... Cardona-Divale, M. (2007). Services for the Chronically Mentally Ill in Moldova. International Journal of Mental Health, 36(4), 46-56. doi:10.2753/IMH0020-7411360404
Neil, E., & Sellick, C. (2001). A description and evaluation of a social work training programme in Moldova. Social Work Education, 20(5), 577-592. doi:10.1080/02615470120057479
Nuttman-Shwartz, O., & Berger, R. (2012). Field education in international social work: Where we are and where we should go. International Social Work, 55(2), 225-243. doi:10.1177/0020872811414597
Nuttman-Shwartz, O., & Hantman, S. (2003). The social role of social work: An experimental teaching model: the Israeli case. International Social Work, 46(4), 469-480.
Obreja, E. & Caraşciuc, L (2002) Corruption in Moldova: facts, analysis, proposals Transparency International - Moldova
Peterka-Benton, D. (2012). Arms Trafficking in Transnistria: A European Security Threat? Journal of Applied Security Research, 7(1), 71-92. doi:10.1080/19361610.2012.631407
Poverty and social exclusion in the WHO European Region: health systems respond. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2010.
Simpson, G., & Schoepf, M. (2006). Learning by comparing: Reflections on international student seminars. International Social Work, 49(2), 233-244.
doi:10.1177/0020872806061238
Social protection and social inclusion in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine - Synthesis Report Executive Summary Vienna, June 2010
Soitu, C., & Soitu, D. (2010). Europeanization at the EU's External Borders: The Case of Romanian-Moldovan Civil Society Cooperation. Journal of European Integration, 32(5), 491-506. doi:10.1080/07036337.2010.498633
Tunney, K. (2002). Learning to teach abroad: Reflections on the role of the visiting social work educator. International Social Work, 45(4), 435.
United Nations Development Programme in Moldova, http://www.md.undp.org/content/moldova/en/home.html
United Nations Development Programme, Moldova: Impact of the Economic Crisis on Poverty and Social Exclusion, Retrieved April 2014.http://www.md.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/poverty-reduction/psia/moldova-full-report.html
Verme, P. (2011). The poverty reduction capacity of public and private transfers in transition. Journal of Development Studies, 47(6), 870-893. doi:10.1080/00220388.2010.514334
Wetzel, J. W. (2007). Human rights & women: A work in progress.” In Reichert, E. (Ed.). Challenges in Human Rights: A Social Work Perspective. NY: Columbia University Press.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Selena T Rodgers, Linda Wermeling
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Social Work and Education is an open access journal. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
Creative Commons «Attribution» 4.0