Setting appropriate competency benchmarks to support successful social work program assessment.
Mastering competence is a 'cornerstone' in the preparation of social work students for professional practice in the field. But who determines how competency is defined? And, ultimately, who gets to determine when a student achieves competence? These are important questions. This article relates the...
| Published in: | Social Work Education Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 442 - 451 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2022
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