'I am an arab but i live in an english world': Teaching social work in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-286

  Holtzhausen, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arab social work student; clash of cultures; cross cultural learning; cross cultural social work teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959509884     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017310378781     Document Type: Article

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