AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: HIGHLIGHTING SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE

Authors

  • Nevashnee Perumal Nelson Mandela University
  • Roshini Pillay University of Johannesburg
  • Zibonele France Zimba University of Stellenbosch
  • Mbongeni Sithole University of KwaZulu Natal
  • Marichen Van der Westhuizen University of the Western Cape
  • Priscalia Khosa University of Stellenbosch
  • Thanduxolo Nomngcoyiya University of Fort Hare
  • Malebo Mokone University of Limpopo
  • Uwarren September University of the Westwrn Cape

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/57-4-964

Keywords:

autoethnography, COVID-19, emergency remote online learning and teaching (EROLT), social work education, social work educators, social justice

Abstract

 

COVID-19 has exposed the inequalities and polarisation of South African communities and institutions of higher learning on the continuum of privilege. As nine social work educators, we share our reflections on how we traversed the higher education space during the beginning of the pandemic, using an autoethnography lens, with the pedagogy of discomfort and critical social work theory as the threads in the complex tapestry of our stories. We describe our orientations as social work educators, the successes, challenges, and recommendations on reimagining and reframing learning and teaching in relation to student-institutional relationships, boundaries and support.

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Author Biographies

Nevashnee Perumal, Nelson Mandela University

Department of Social Work

Roshini Pillay, University of Johannesburg

Department of Social Work

Zibonele France Zimba, University of Stellenbosch

Department of Social Work

Mbongeni Sithole, University of KwaZulu Natal

Department of Social Work

Marichen Van der Westhuizen, University of the Western Cape

Department of Social Work

Priscalia Khosa, University of Stellenbosch

Department of Social Work

Thanduxolo Nomngcoyiya, University of Fort Hare

Department of Social Work

Malebo Mokone, University of Limpopo

Department of Social Work

Uwarren September, University of the Westwrn Cape

Department of Social Work

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Published

2021-10-20

How to Cite

Perumal, N., Pillay, R., Zimba, Z. F., Sithole, M., Van der Westhuizen, M., Khosa, P., Nomngcoyiya, T., Mokone, M., & September, U. (2021). AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: HIGHLIGHTING SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 57(4), 393. https://doi.org/10.15270/57-4-964

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 4 (2021)

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