Deconstructing motivations: Challenging international social work placements

International Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wehbi, Samantha ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti oppression; Field placements; Internationalization; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849112764     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872808097750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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