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Research and the social work picture /
Drawing on evidence from across Europe, Asia and the USA, this accessible book covers how social workers can engage with research and draw on it in practice.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | 1st |
| Colección: | Research in social work (Policy Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; RESEARCH AND THE SOCIAL WORK PICTURE; Research in social work; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. What is social work research?; Social work; Social work research; Being 'scientific' and doing 'science'; Science and art; Is research success ever down to serendipity?; Values and science; Is social work research particular to the field?; Listening to researchers making judgements; 2. Why do research in social work?; Ernest House: reformist evaluation for social justice; Collaboration and cooperation; Social work in the academy.
- Is there a case for a public social work?3. Doing research application; Practice; Theory; Research and practice; The 'impact' of research; Lee Cronbach; Journals; The experience of doing practitioner research; Making practical sense; 4. Mapping social work research; What do we know about the subject matter of social work research?; Research content; Social work research methods; Networks of social work researchers; Making practical sense; 5. Social work research over time; Science, research and society; Can we detect what is happening?; Writing social work; The experimenting social worker.
- Innovations in social work researchMaking practical sense; 6. Place and space; Globalisation; Research practices and place; Surveillance; Space and research methods; Making practical sense; 7. Sociological social work: a case example; Points of the compass for sociological social work; Frontier conversations; Sociological social workers; Sociologists of and for social work; 21st-century sociology on social work; Methodological practice; Making practical sense; 8. Doing good social work research; Tensions and challenges; Disagreements and controversies; Donald Campbell; Lee Cronbach.
- ReflectionsThe limits of science; The misuses of research and science; Good quality in social work research; Rules for social work radicals; References; Archives; References; Index.