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ABSTRACT
The paper focuses on the question of how personal experiences of social work educators in the context of global and international social work influence their understanding of local social work and in consequence their teaching. The article seeks to answer this question with reference to six interviews with social work professors and educators from six countries on three continents. The research´s underlying hypothesis is that since it is their task to educate students of social work these professors are making a difference by positioning themselves in the debate about global and local social work. The interviews were conducted as problem-centered interviews (PCI) and were subjected to content analysis. The results show a clear connection between the personal international experiences of the participants and their teaching in local contexts.
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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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There was no formal approval needed in advance according to the research ethics code of the German Association of Social Work (DGSA). However, the research design was constructed in accordance with the stated principles. Especially chapter 3.3. about informed consent as a process was considered when designing the informed consent form used (DGSA, 2020). The participants gave their informed consent to participate in the interviews and in the research.
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Stefan Borrmann
Stefan Borrmann, professor of international social work research and the dean of the Social Work Faculty at the University of Applied Sciences Landshut in Germany.