Educating for Social Work
Arguments for Optimisim
Published on 21. February 1996
Book
Hardback
189 pages
978-1-85972-277-0 (ISBN)
Description
This work describes social work education in Britain. It covers: the current situation, competences, professional training, and whether it should be reactive or proactive, the function of communication in social work, developing an anti-racist curriculum, the issue of partnership, and more.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-277-0 (9781859722770)
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Content
Part one The present situation: dangerous times for British social work education, Chris Jones; competences - their use and misuse, Peter Ford; professional training in higher education - the case of social work, Karen Lyons; social work education - reactive or proactive?, Joan Orme; writing postmodern social work, Graham Tuson; reason and commitment - is communication possible in contested areas of social work theory and practice?, Jackie Powell and Robin Lovelock. Part two Strengths and resources: from rhetoric to reality - historical, theoretical and practical complexities in educating for anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive social work, Elizabeth Harlow and Jeff Hearn; developing an anti-racist social work curriculum, Kish Bhatti-Sinclair; the implications of partnership for social work education, Sylvia Sleeman; the European agenda - social work and social work education, Patrick Haynes et al; the experiences of social work students in foreign placements, John Horncastle; the social work practitioner as researcher - learning about research, Jackie Powell; in concluding, Peter Ford and Patrick Haynes.