Some Theoretical Propositions on the Nature of Practice Wisdom

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-242

  O’sullivan, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experienced practice; explicit reasoning; knowledge production; practice wisdom; valuable and credible knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248611913     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017305054977     Document Type: Article

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