Associate Professor Peace Wong (Social Work): The Educator and Her Journey Thus Far | EDUCATORS

Educator: Associate Professor Peace Wong (NUS Social Work)

This year's recipient of Singapore's top accolade for her field – the Outstanding Social Worker Award – Associate Professor Peace Wong (NUS Social Work) discusses her path to becoming a dedicated social worker and decision to teach at her alma mater, the evolution of social work and her aspirations for her students, as well as the challenges of social work education and her outlook for the first batch of interdisciplinarily oriented social workers to graduate from the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences.

Key points in this episode, hosted by Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies):-

0:00 The practitioner and educator on the choice to build a career as a social worker and eventual return to NUS Social Work to teach.

5:40  About the evolution of social work through the years and the importance of a formal education in Social Work.

14:30 Values and capabilities that Social Work graduates must have today.

20:50 The importance of the 'Self' to a social worker, and the mission to help social work students to discover his or her 'Self'.

34:00 Educational innovations in the discipline of social work.

46:15 Major challenges facing the Social Work educator and the outlook for new graduates in the field.