Quantocentric culture: Ramifications for social work education

Social Work Education

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 811-827

  McCoyd, Judith L M ^a   Johnson, Yvonne M ^a   Munch, Shari ^a   LaSala, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti oppression; Integration of learning; Learning; Research training; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249107559     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470802478238     Document Type: Article

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