International students' views about transferability in social work education and practice

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-216

  Beecher, Blake ^a   Reeves, John ^b   Eggertsen, Lars ^c   Furuto, Sharlene ^b  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY HAWAII   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Indigenous; International social work; Practicum; Students' views

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649306258     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809355392     Document Type: Article

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