Searching for a Capacity Building Model in Social Work Education in China.
This paper contains our reflections about our experiences in employing a capacity building model for training social workers to conduct community development work in rural China. Unlike the conventional approach to social work practicum, our approach advocates an educational practice of capacity bui...
| Published in: | Social Work Education Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 213 - 234 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2005
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