Learning and Teaching in Social Work Towards Reflective Practice
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Biographical note
Mary Henkel was Reader in the Department of Government at Brunel University.The contributors to this volume formulate a fresh theoretical base for social work education. Together they call effectively for a more creative engagement with the accelerating changes that have overtaken a staid profession.
- Community Care,
a major contribution to the literature on professional education and training... the book is consistently well written, comprehensive and wide ranging in scope.
- Aslib Book Guide,
... a valuable collection of papers about professional education.
- Nursing Times,
... this collection admirably illustrates the theoretical richness and power of an area of intellectual and practical endeavour...
- Studies in Higher Education,
In this very interesting and timely collection, the contributors raise important and thoughtful questions about the nature and purpose of professional social work practice in a modern, changing and complex society. This collection provides a useful starting point to consider the fundamental questions of what knowledge is required, and then how to recognize, promote and evaluate high-quality practice.
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
... a very valuable and timely book for social work and related professional educators.
- Professional Social Work,
This fascinating book consists of a collection of papers about advanced training for social workers and others...scores highly for its chapters on process issues in training and practice.
- Therapeutic Communities,