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Practice Teaching - Changing Social Work
Hilary (Ed) Lawson
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Description for Practice Teaching - Changing Social Work
Paperback. In this authoritative book, practitioners and academics discuss and explore the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The challenges related to the organisational context of social work, the role of the practice teacher as the pivot between theory and practice and the need to ensure the development of a sound value base are all explored. Editor(s): Lawson, Hilary. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Practice teaching is an essential component of social work training, yet very little is written about the experience of practice teaching. In this authoritative book, practitioners and academics draw upon their experience of working with social work students to discuss and explore the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The fundamental challenges related to the organisational context of social work, the role of the practice teacher as the pivot between theory and practice and the need to ensure the development of a sound value base in all social work students are all explored in depth. The contributors demonstrate how ... Read more
Practice teaching is an essential component of social work training, yet very little is written about the experience of practice teaching. In this authoritative book, practitioners and academics draw upon their experience of working with social work students to discuss and explore the complex issues that arise in practice teaching. The fundamental challenges related to the organisational context of social work, the role of the practice teacher as the pivot between theory and practice and the need to ensure the development of a sound value base in all social work students are all explored in depth. The contributors demonstrate how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853024788
SKU
V9781853024788
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hilary (Ed) Lawson
Hilary Lawson was a social work practitioner working with children and families for ten years. She supervised many students during that time and in 1990 was one of the first social workers to obtain the new Practice Teaching Award. She is currently lecturing in social work at the Sussex University and is director of the Practice Teaching Award Programme.
Reviews for Practice Teaching - Changing Social Work
At a time of increasing pressures and moves towards mechanistic forms of assessment it is heartening to read a book where both the importance of a high degree of skill and complexity of the task is demonstrated. This book also re-affirms the practice teacher's unique position as practitioner-researcher (it includes many pieces of small scale research) and stresses that whilst ... Read more