Developing perceptions of competence during practice learning

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1017-1036

  Parker, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Practice learning; Self efficacy; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748797128     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch347     Document Type: Review

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