Asia-Pacific is the most expansive health and social work services region, ranging from New Zealand in the south to the border of the Russian Federation, including the Middle East in the north and east. The major issues of focus in terms of health and social work responses and practices are the Covid-19 pandemic, child trafficking, climate change, disaster recovery and societies in conflict. Professional education in social work, community services and allied health disciplines are expanding rapidly in this region. Globalization of health and social issues is challenging professional education and accreditation processes to adjust to producing higher education graduates who are global professionals, that is, multi-lingual, culturally responsive, able to work at diverse community contexts and network with local and global organizations and resources to create social and economic change. This presentation outlines the development of new social work courses for an international higher education provider that attempts to meet the challenge of intercultural learning and skills development for this new plurilingual context. Ethnographic reflection reveals that education organizations and educators can develop globalized, international curriculum when motivated and supported to do so. The Covid-19 pandemic has facilitated a level of understanding, motivation, and context to designing new globalized curriculum and adult learning content, processes, and outcomes.

Authors:
Rob Townsend, Institute of Health & Management (IHM), Australia
Gerald Doyle, Institute of Health & Management, Australia
Sharon Sperling, Institute of Health & Management, Australia

About the Presenter(s)
Professor Rob Townsend is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Institute of Health & Management (IHM) in Australia

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