Social work education and criticality: Some thoughts from research

Social Work Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-198

  Ford, Peter ^a   Johnston, Brenda ^a   Mitchell, Rosamond ^a   Myles, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criticality; Social Work Education; Theorisation; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050711624     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261547042000209198     Document Type: Article

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