Critical thinking as integral to social work practice

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-38

  Gibbons, Jill ^a   Gray, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructive social work; Creativity; Critical thinking; Experience based learning; Strengths approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602559     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J067v24n01_02     Document Type: Article

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