Searching for appropriateness in social work education in Botswana: The process of developing a master in social work (MSW) programme in a ‘Developing’ Country

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-590

  Osei Hwedie, Kwaku ^b   Ntseane, Dolly ^b   Jacques, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Botswana; Contextualized Program Design; Masters Degree

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064783695     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470600833469     Document Type: Article

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