Handbook of Theory for Practice Teachers in Social Work

As part of the general move towards accreditation and greater professionalism, practice teachers (supervisors) have to be accredited and undergo some training and practice teaching. This handbook, commissioned by the North of Scotland Consortium for Education and Training provides the theoretical base that practice teachers need.

It provides a summary of the theory underlying models of understanding human development and behaviour, and of models of social work intervention. Because of its combination of theory and practice it will be of equal use to social students and practitioners and practice teachers supervising students under the new Diploma in Social Work programme.

Joyce Lishman is Head of the School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University. She was previously in the Department of Social Work at Aberdeen University, where she edited the Research Highlights in Social Work series.