Dilemmas in international and cross-cultural social work education

The authors summarize the dramatic impact that ongoing global processes are having on the social work profession. They review the literature on international and cross-cultural social work education, citing the rationales for and barriers to incorporating such content, and discussing models of introducing international content into social work education. They suggest the need for developing new approaches to bring international/cross-cultural perspectives and content into the mainstream of social work education, and to create more specialized professional programmes.