'My expectations remain the same. the student has to be competent to practise': Practice assessor perspectives on the new social work degree qualification in England

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 583-601

  Moriarty, Jo ^a   MacIntyre, Gillian ^b   Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Crisp, Beth R ^c   Orme, Joan ^b   Lister, Pam Green ^b   Cavanagh, Kate ^e   Stevens, Martin ^e   Hussein, Shereen ^e   Sharpe, Endellion ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Sharpe Research   (United Kingdom)

^e Glasgow School of Social Work ^*

Author keywords

Practice learning; Social work education; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949277356     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn178     Document Type: Article

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