Educating for social work : arguments for optimism

Author(s)

    • Ford, Peter
    • Hayes, Patrick

Bibliographic Information

Educating for social work : arguments for optimism

edited by Peter Ford and Patrick Hayes

(CEDR series, 8)

Avebury, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references

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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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA2759476X
  • ISBN
    • 1859722776
  • LCCN
    95083282
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 177 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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