Can i do social work and do i want to? Students perception of significant learning incidents during practica

Australian Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 21-28

  Patford, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

fieldwork; learning experiences; practica; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937319974     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070008414145     Document Type: Article

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