Too close in or too far out - Learning to hold the role of observer: Tutors' introduction to a social work student's reflections on her experience of learning through child observation

Journal of Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-246

  McMahon, Linnet ^a   Farnfield, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment; Culture; Learning; Observation; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242733988     PISSN: 02650533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265053042000231034     Document Type: Review

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