Social workers: agents of change or agents of oppression?
This article presents our experiences teaching an undergraduate-level 'introduction to social work' course, and an undergraduate seniorlevel 'macro practice' course. Together, we hold a combination of over 20 years of experience teaching in social work, and speak candidly about our experiences at th...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 430 - 443 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2017
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