The Social Work Portfolio: Planning, Assessing, and Documenting Lifelong Learning in a Dynamic Profession

by Barry R. Cournoyer, Mary Stanley

In THE SOCIAL WORK PORTFOLIO, the authors emphasize that learning how to learn and continuing to learn are fundamental processes for professional social workers in the twenty-first century. The book provides readers with a tool to plan, assess, and document the nature, scope, and quality of learning during--and following--formal university study. The book is intended to help readers to develop their own social work portfolio.

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 2001

About the author

Dr. Cournoyer has been a social work practitioner for more than 40 years and a university teacher for more than 35 years. He received his M.S.S.W. degree from the University of Tennessee and the D.S.W. degree from the University of Utah. He is Emeritus Professor at the Indiana University School of Social Work, where he taught social work practice courses. A former Associate Dean with the School, he remains interested in student learning assessment and quality improvement activities in social work education. In addition to this sixth edition of The Social Work Skills Workbook, he co-authored The Social Work Portfolio and the Seventh Edition of Sovial Work Process — all published by Brooks/Cole.