Books By Walter Lorenz, Zuzana Havrdová - Author

Walter Lorenz, PhD is a recognized expert on professional social work education. German by birth he trained as a social worker at LSE and practiced in East London before teaching social work in Ireland, Italy and other European countries. As president of the European Centre for Community Education he steered the first Erasmus Thematic Network for the Social Professions in the 1990s which helped to develop country-specific curricula in various European countries, oriented towards the creation of autonomous professionals. Together with Hans-Uwe Otto he was co-founder of the International Summer Academy TISSA and launched the European Journal of Social Work and later the online journal Social Work and Society. Since retiring from the Free University of Bozen, Italy he holds a visiting appointment at Charles University Prague. His research and development specialties are didactic forms of professional courses that enhance students' reflective abilities, integrating knowledge, experience and personality