Application of social constructionist principles in field practice teaching in a chinese context

Social Work Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-375

  Lit, Siu Wai ^a   Shek, Daniel T L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese Students; Fieldwork Training; Qualitative Evaluation; Social Constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045157657     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470601081670     Document Type: Article

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