Introducing work-family scholarship to social work students: The development and assessment of an online reading seminar

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 145-163

  Secret, Mary ^a   Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Sloan Work and Family Research Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Online collaborative learning; Web based courses; Work family curriculum; Work family scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749233189     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841230802179167     Document Type: Article

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