SOCIAL WORK KHULUMA | EP4 | Indigenous Knowledge on Group Work
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We had a stimulating conversation with Dr Zurina Abdulla from the Nelson Mandela University who teaches undergraduate students on group work. Zurina has had much experience in conducting group in various settings. She spoke about her work at Project Go in the St Albans Correctional Facility where she conducted groups with youth awaiting trial then later at Childline.
Zurina also worked at NICRO (National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders) Eastern Cape where she had further experiences with social work with groups. Zurina shared with me a bit about herself and why she teaches groupwork. She spoke about various groups that we encounter in daily life but do no realise they are groups.
She asked the listeners to go into their phones and look at the various groups they belong to and see these groups from the lens of a group work. She added spiritual organisations conduct groups often especially within the South African context. Zurina saw the need to increase research and literature in groupwork from a South African and African perspective.
What I also liked were the following three books she shared
1. Handbook of Social Work with Groups (2nd Edition) by Charles D. Garvin, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, and Maeda J. Galinsky
2. Understanding and Managing Children's Behaviour through Group Work Ages 3-5
A child–centred approach by Cath Hunter and Understanding and Managing Children's Behaviour through Group Work Ages 5-7-A child-centred programme.
3. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Paperback by Brené Brown
Hope you will enjoy listening to this podcast
#social work with groups; #sense-making in groups;#working with children in groups;
#indigenous knowledge on group work in South Africa
Zurina also worked at NICRO (National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders) Eastern Cape where she had further experiences with social work with groups. Zurina shared with me a bit about herself and why she teaches groupwork. She spoke about various groups that we encounter in daily life but do no realise they are groups.
She asked the listeners to go into their phones and look at the various groups they belong to and see these groups from the lens of a group work. She added spiritual organisations conduct groups often especially within the South African context. Zurina saw the need to increase research and literature in groupwork from a South African and African perspective.
What I also liked were the following three books she shared
1. Handbook of Social Work with Groups (2nd Edition) by Charles D. Garvin, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, and Maeda J. Galinsky
2. Understanding and Managing Children's Behaviour through Group Work Ages 3-5
A child–centred approach by Cath Hunter and Understanding and Managing Children's Behaviour through Group Work Ages 5-7-A child-centred programme.
3. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead Paperback by Brené Brown
Hope you will enjoy listening to this podcast
#social work with groups; #sense-making in groups;#working with children in groups;
#indigenous knowledge on group work in South Africa