For Social Betterment
social work education in australia
$37.70
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2024
Summary
For Social Betterment: A Century of Australian Social Work Education
As Australian social work education approaches its centenary in 2029, it is clear that much of the history of the profession has been forgotten or is merely shadowy memory, layered with gossip, cliché and stereotypes rather than facts.
Verl Lewis, social work educator and historian, was right when he said that understanding their own history is essential for social workers’ self-understanding and self-aware…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922979438 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922979430 |
| Author: | Jane Miller |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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I thought it was engaging, funny, historically interesting, enlightening and intriguing.
– Cindy Smith * CEO of Australian Association of Social Workers *About The Author
Jane Miller
Jane Miller is a retired social worker and life member of the Australian Association of Social Workers. She is the author of several books, including Leading Social Work: 75 Years at the University of Melbourne (2016), and co-editor (with Dorothy Scott) of A Love of Truth and a Love of Service: The Social Work Legacy of Leonard Tierney (2019). Her work appears in a range of print and online publications. Jane contributed to the Royal Children’s Hospital history 150 Years of Caring (2021) and the Spoken Memories Project of the Australian Association of Social Workers, and worked with the University of Melbourne Social Work Alumni on a series of oral histories, ‘Reflecting on Social Work Careers’ (2021).
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