ABSTRACT
In the Indian context, the substantial body of social work literature is borrowed from the west. The effectiveness and universality of western knowledge is raised in several academic forums as it is not able to address the needs and problems of contemporary India. The Eurocentric hegemony of the social work curriculum and overemphasis of the western paradigm has rendered field work training in social work less effective and thus Indian students’ field work experiences gained during their social work education become less compatible with the requirements of field settings/social realities. So there is a need for decolonising field work training in Indian schools of social work for better grooming of social work students as professional social workers. Against this backdrop, there is a call for modifications in field work training practices and modules in order to create a balance between Indian traditional social services and practices along with international standards of field work training. The chapter will highlight the emerging concerns and functional issues of field work training in Indian schools of social work and will present some Indic methods of field work training relevant for the Indian context.
