Studying the landscape: Practice learning for social work reconsidered

Social Work Education

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-615

  Bellinger, Avril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Erosion; Practice learning; Practice teaching; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955800435     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470903508743     Document Type: Article

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