Social work education: Achieving transformative learning through a cultural competence model for transformative education

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 93-114

  Blunt, Kesha ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Muticultural education; Social work education; Social work educator; Teaching models; Transformative education

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448942334     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J067v27n03_07     Document Type: Review

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