Routledge International Handbook of Social Work Education

Imogen Taylor is Emerita Professor of Social Work at the University of Sussex, England, where she was Head of the Department of Social Work for seven years. She worked previously at the Universities of Bristol and Toronto. Imogen has researched extensively into the pedagogy of professional social work education. Marion Bogo is Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada. She is the former Dean and first appointee to the first Endowed Chair in Social Work. Her research focuses on social work education, including field education and the conceptualization and assessment of professional competence.Michelle Lefevrewas, until recently,Head of the Department of Social Work at the University of Sussex, England. Michelle haspractised as a social worker and arts psychotherapist in frontline child protection, in a specialist setting with children and families where there was abuse and neglect, and as an independent expert witness. Barbra Teater is an Associate Professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, USA, where she is Program Director of the Bachelor of Science in Social Work and the minor in Disability Studies. She spent eight years in UK social work education at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.