ABSTRACT

Social work is an emerging profession and discipline in Nigeria with its pedagogical content and to an extent, the process being largely Western in design. This has led to a continuous call for indigenisation of social work education to service the peculiar needs of Nigerians. While indigenisation of social work education is a step in the right direction, efforts targeting this goal may give rise to some unexplored ethical issues. We explored some perceived ethical issues that may arise in the process of indigenisation of social work education using qualitative data collected from 15 educators from three universities in Nigeria. The data were coded with NVivo 12 and analyzed thematically. Findings revealed that in attempts to Africanise social work education, educators insisted that some issues like non-heterosexuality are unacceptable and un-African; thus, emphasized that students should not be taught/exposed to practice with sexual minorities. Also, some educators stated that the Nigerian culture of masculine superiority should be sustained. These perspectives are discriminatory, oppressive and against social work ethical principles. We recommend measures including (re)training of social work educators to reconcile their ethical and religio-cultural differences to better prepare future social work practitioners with local and ethically guided knowledge for contemporary Nigerian society.

摘要

社会工作是尼日利亚新兴的专业和学科，其教学内容和在一定程度上，该过程在很大程度上是西方的设计。这导致人们不断呼吁社会工作教育本土化，以满足尼日利亚人的特殊需求。虽然社会工作教育的本土化是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，但针对这一目标的努力可能会引发一些未探索的伦理问题。我们使用从尼日利亚三所大学的 15 位教育工作者收集的定性数据，探讨了在社会工作教育本土化过程中可能出现的一些可感知的伦理问题。数据使用 NVivo 12 编码并进行主题分析。调查结果显示，在尝试将社会工作教育非洲化的过程中，教育工作者坚持认为，诸如非异性恋之类的一些问题是不可接受的和非非洲的；因此，强调不应教学生/让学生与性少数群体一起练习。此外，一些教育工作者表示，应该维持尼日利亚的男性优势文化。这些观点具有歧视性、压迫性和违反社会工作伦理原则。我们建议采取措施，包括对社会工作教育者进行（重新）培训，以调和他们的道德和宗教文化差异，从而更好地为未来的社会工作从业者准备当代尼日利亚社会的当地和道德指导知识。这些观点具有歧视性、压迫性和违反社会工作伦理原则。我们建议采取措施，包括对社会工作教育者进行（重新）培训，以调和他们的道德和宗教文化差异，从而更好地为未来的社会工作从业者准备当代尼日利亚社会的当地和道德指导知识。这些观点具有歧视性、压迫性和违反社会工作伦理原则。我们建议采取措施，包括对社会工作教育者进行（重新）培训，以调和他们的道德和宗教文化差异，从而更好地为未来的社会工作从业者准备当代尼日利亚社会的当地和道德指导知识。