{"id":5661,"date":"2025-06-20T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:16:22","slug":"social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published as: Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original Article Link: Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n

Download PDF: Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n

When the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic originated in China, hit the shores of the African continent, Botswana, like many other countries, introduced a raft of measures aimed at arresting the rapid spread of the virus. The measures put in place included effecting a countrywide lockdown. Most institutions, including the University of Botswana (UB), temporarily closed their doors and sent staff and students to their homes. Authorities at the institution, among other things, began to explore possibilities of introducing remote learning (or online teaching) for students. The paper reflects on the experiences and strategies that the Department of Social Work considered at UB for virtual course delivery and related issues and considers lessons learnt to date and implications for the country’s future social work education. The strategies included exploration of various online teaching and learning platforms.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Rodreck Mupedziswa<\/li>\n
  • Tirelo Modie-Moroka<\/li>\n
  • Tumani Malinga<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    Keywords not available.<\/p>\n

    References<\/h2>\n

    References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This article was originally published as: Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons Original…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"\nSocial work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article was originally published as: Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons Original...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IJSSASS Repository\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"195\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771\"},\"headline\":\"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\",\"name\":\"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\",\"name\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\",\"description\":\"Open Access Library\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"IJSSASS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\",\"name\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\",\"alternateName\":\"IJSSASS\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":195,\"caption\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository","og_description":"This article was originally published as: Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons Original...","og_url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/","og_site_name":"IJSSASS Repository","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass","article_published_time":"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":195,"url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771"},"headline":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons","datePublished":"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/","name":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons - IJSSASS Repository","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-20T09:18:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-21T06:16:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/social-work-education-in-botswana-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-reflections-strategies-and-lessons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/","name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES","description":"Open Access Library","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization"},"alternateName":"IJSSASS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization","name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES","alternateName":"IJSSASS","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png","width":300,"height":195,"caption":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal"],"url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5748,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions\/5748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}