Applying ideas from learning and teaching in higher education to develop professional identity: The case of the M.Sc. in advanced residential child care

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-277

  Smith, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expertise; Higher education; Informal educators; Learning and teaching; Professional identity; Residential child care; Situated learning; Theory and practice; Training youth workers; Youth care; Youth development; Youth work education; Youthwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344442924     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-005-4094-7     Document Type: Article

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