Introduction

Since the publication of Donald Schön's The Reflective Practitioner in 1983 there has been a dramatic growth of research and writing developing the concept of reflective learning. Surprisingly, there has been little application of concepts of reflective learning to social work education.

This Volume

This volume:

• makes accessible for the first time to a social work readership a book which focuses on reflective learning in social work
• brings together material on reflective learning from both academic and practice settings
• creates a seminal text for educators and trainers in universities and practice settings
• has relevance to an international readership, with contributions from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.