Learning and Teaching in Social Work
Towards Reflective Practice
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-85302-237-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses contemporary themes in the professional education of social workers. The contributors raise important questions about the nature and purpose of professional social work practice in a modern, changing and complex society.
Reviews / Votes
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 CommunitiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-237-1 (9781853022371)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mary Henkel was Reader in the Department of Government at Brunel University.
Content
Introduction. Part 1. Professional Education in Social Work. 1. Models of Professionalism. 2. The Nature and Aims of Professional Education for Social Workers: A Postmodern Perspective. 3. Professional Competence and Higher Education. 4. Conceptions of Knowledge and Social Work Education. Part 2. Emerging Theory for Practice. 5. The Intersubjective Mind: Family Pattern, Family Therapy and Individual Meaning. 6. From Subjectivity towards Realism: Child Obvservation and Social Work. 7. Anti-racism and Modernism. 8. Creativity and Child Protection Social Work. Part 3. Learning Processes and the Learning Environment. 9. Who Cares if the Room is Cold? Practicalities, Projections and the Trainer's Authority. 10. Learning through Supervision: A Systemic Approach. 11. Working Together in Child Protection: Some Issues for Multidisciplinary Training from a Psychodynamic Perspective. 12. Great Expectations? Personal, Professional and Institutional Agendas in Advanced Training. List of Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.