‘Knowing’, mirroring and containing: Experiences of facilitating child observation seminars on a post-qualification child care programme

Social Work Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-184

  Ruch, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child Observation; Containment; Epistemology; Mirroring; Reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055360583     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470601042680     Document Type: Article

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