ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a brief history of social work development in Georgia, the former Soviet Union country, and its effects on social work education and curriculum. With no prior history of pedagogy in this discipline, it is especially challenging to provide students with adequate field instruction for social work programmes. As the social work curriculum has two major and interrelated components such as theory and practice, it is vital to develop not only theoretical courses but also field education for academic social work programmes according to international standards. In particular, international educational policy and accreditation standards for baccalaureate and master’s social work programmes highlight field education as their ‘signature pedagogy’ that contributes to the development of the competencies of professional social workers.
