INTEGRATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN SOCIAL WORK: CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS

Teaching (in any discipline) is rewarding when students show the required growth and development in terms of their knowledge, skills and attitude (within the social work context) (Kadushin & Harkness, 2002). So it is disappointing when, in completing various assessment tasks, some students do no...

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Main Authors: Shernaaz Carelse, Glynnis Dykes
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2013-06-01
Series:Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
Online Access:https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/62
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