About the editors:Carolyn Noble is professor emerita at Victoria University, Melbourne and inaugural professor of social work at Australian College of Applied Psychology, Sydney.Mark Henrickson is an associate professor in social work at Massey University, Auckland.In Young Han is professor of social work at Ewha Woman's University, Seoul.

• IntroductionCultural voices1. Call for incorporating cultural competency in South Korean social work education by Jun Sung Hong and In Young Han2. Respecting knowledge: circular movement in teacher/learner roles to advancing Indigenous social work education and practice by Lorraine Muller and Susan Gair3. Diversity in gender equality in Asia by Murli Desai4. Teaching heterosexual privilege by Mark Henrickson5. Authentication in social work education: the balancing act by Moses FaleoloNational voices6. Social work definition in Japan: international definition of social work and the Japanese social work education community by Kana Matsuo7. Social work education in Vietnam: developments and progress by Richard Hugman, Bùi Thị Xuân Mai and Nguyễn Thị Thái Lan8. The development of the social work profession and social work education in China: issues and prospects by Joe C.B. Leung9. Contemporary challenges to social work education in Cambodia by Keo Chanvuthy10. Social work education in South Asia: a Nepalese perspective by Bala Raju NikkuCurriculum and practicum11. Designing advocacy and social action curriculum: reflections from the classroom by Heather Fraser12. Walking the talk in social work education by Ksenija Napan13. Reciprocity and cultural diversity: creating successful field education placements by Louise Coventry and Marty Grace14. Field education in Fiji: practice challenges and opportunities by Kate SaxtonPolicy voices15. Social work and the Asia Pacific: from rhetoric to practice by Carolyn Noble16. The humanitarian perspective in social work and community welfare education by Deborah West and Dan Baschiera17. Labour migration and human rights: challenges for social work practice and education by Nilan G. Yu18. Asylum seekers, human rights and social work by Linda BriskmanContributors