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  • European experiences in teaching Social Work Research
    Social Work Education, 2003
    Co-Authors: Walter Lorenz
    Abstract:

    The teaching of Social Work Research methods on Social Work courses poses questions about various polarities in Social Work epistemology. Does Social Work strive to develop an approach to Research all of its own or can it only secure its professionalism by conforming to the academic standards of other disciplines? Cross-national experiences in teaching Social Work Research methods in different European countries are used here to explore the relationship between teaching Research and teaching Social Work methods. Both have to account for the historical nature of Social Work and hence avoid harmonisation and standardisation, whilst remaining committed to standards of truth and accountability.

Valli Kanuha - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Toward a Values-Based Approach to Multicultural Social Work Research
    Social Work, 1996
    Co-Authors: Edwina S. Uehara, Sung Sil L. Sohng, Raymond L. Bending, Sherri F. Seyfried, Cheryl A. Richey, Paula T. Morelli, Michael S. Spencer, Deborah Ortega, Lynn D. Keenan, Valli Kanuha
    Abstract:

    An approach to multicultural Social Work Research that is values based and process oriented is being developed by the authors and other faculty and doctoral students affiliated with the Multicultural Research Group at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Members of the group share an interest in the collective creation of models of Social Work practice, education, and Research that reflect a multicultural worldview and a commitment to collaborative Work with members of disenfranchised communities - that is, groups in the United States that experience economic, Social, and political disadvantage or discrimination. In particular, the authors share a commitment to Working with communities of color, women, gay men and lesbians, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. We believe that too many models of Social science Research replay and reinforce the theme of disenfranchisement, providing little opportunity for community members to shape Research questions, claim ownership of data, develop findings and implications for action, and hone their own critical inquiry skills. The approach discussed in this article reflects the Research group's ongoing dialogue on multicultural Social Work Research, practice, and education. It represents a Work in progress. An invitation to join a panel on Research and diversity at the Council on Social Work Education's 1995 Annual Planning Meeting was the impetus for clarifying and consolidating our current thoughts on multicultural Research. We accepted the invitation as an opportunity to struggle with the following questions: What is multicultural Social Work Research? And what are the benefits and challenges associated with teaching, learning, and doing it? The article represents a response to these questions and an invitation to other Social welfare Researchers to ponder these and related questions individually and collectively. Definition of Multicultural Social Work Research Multicultural Social Work Research should meet three general criteria: (1) It should involve the Researcher in a constant process of both private and public reflection on a range of issues critically affecting collaboration - from how her or his own biases and motives affect the Research process to the impact of the larger political economy on the sociocultural history of disadvantaged groups; (2) it should democratize the Research process, supporting a continuous process of community collaboration rather than token representation of community members in limited advisory roles; and (3) its objectives should be linked to community empowerment, Social justice, and Social transformation goals. The centrality of empowerment with respect to both the process and aims of Research differentiates the group's approach from other applied Social Work Research models that also emphasize cooperation with and direct benefits to communities (for example, the Design and Development Model; Rothman & Thomas, 1994). Although redressing the power imbalance between Researcher and community participant is an optional feature under other applied models, it is a defining characteristic or parameter of the approach we describe in this article. Our approach is "values based" because it draws on fundamental values undergirding the profession and practice of Social Work: Social justice, equality, self-determination, and empowerment. It is "process oriented" for two reasons: First, we assume that no single act or set of finite acts performed on Research makes it "multicultural"; instead, reflection and collaboration must become organic to every part of the Research process (Rogler, 1989). Second, we place trust in the assumption that a process of critically reflective and collaborative inquiry can lead to Social transformation. The Ultimate Goal: Social Transformation The Social Work values of justice, equality, and empowerment are currently given strong voice in the concept of multiculturalism. …

Ian Shaw - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Research and the Social Work Picture - Doing good Social Work Research
    Research and the Social Work Picture, 2018
    Co-Authors: Ian Shaw
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    This chapter talks about what people may learn from Social Work controversies, focusing on three general topics: the essential limits of science in Social Work, the misuses of science, and the principles and practices that help foster good Social Work Research. In the process of evaluating if a particular example of Social Work Research is good or not, one is likely to assume the question is about whether intelligent decisions were made about the study design, the methodology, the analysis and interpretation of the data, and so on. The direct Research experience the majority of Social Workers have of carrying out Research may be related to small projects linked to time on qualifying programmes, but it is precisely these criteria by which their Work will be assessed.

  • Research and the Social Work Picture - Mapping Social Work Research
    Research and the Social Work Picture, 2018
    Co-Authors: Ian Shaw
    Abstract:

    This chapter provides an overview about the actual Research that takes place in Social Work. It suggests that Social Work Research should be distinguished in terms of the primary substantive focus of the Research and the primary problem focus. The chapter illustrates this through Research by university-based Researchers, service-user Researchers, and practitioner Researchers, while considering differences associated with the gender of Social Work Researchers. It also shows how the process of ‘mapping’ inevitably requires some degree of simplification and reductionism. The success with which the intent of the mapping is accomplished rests in the extent to which the user — in cartographic terms, the percipient — understands, and is able to assess and engage with its purposes.

  • Social Work Research—an urban desert?
    European Journal of Social Work, 2011
    Co-Authors: Ian Shaw
    Abstract:

    A search of two major Social Work databases suggests that contemporary published Social Work Research in the English language may have had very little to say about the engagement of Social Work and urban life. The focus of this paper is on the illumination that an early historical episode throws on the nature and implications of the affinity of Social Work Research and urban life. Frederick Thrasher's iconic 1920s study of Chicago gangs enables us to illustrate three general claims. First, it paints a probably unwitting picture of a community of civic and scholarly enterprise marked by mutual reciprocity and a sense of shared endeavour even if not agreed standpoints. Second, The Gang affords a record of urban Research practice. Finally Thrasher's Work, along with other sociological Research in Chicago during the 1920s, included a welfare and interventionist mission. I draw conclusions regarding Social Work theorizing of urban life, the relationship between Social Work and sociology, and the possible impli...

  • the sage handbook of Social Work Research
    2009
    Co-Authors: Ian Shaw, Katharine Briarlawson, Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel
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    Mapping Social Work Research: Pasts, Presents and Futures - Ian Shaw, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel PART ONE: PURPOSES OF Social Work Research The Nature and Purposes of Social Work - f004 Nigel Parton and Stuart Kirk Providing Objective, Impartial Evidence for Decision Making and Public Accountability - Annette Boaz and James Blewett Theory and Knowledge about Social Problems to Enhance Policy Development - Joan Orme and Katharine Briar-Lawson Improving Intervention and Practice - f004 Daniel Gredig and Jeanne C Marsh Researching Our Own Domains: Research as Practice in 'Learning Organizations' - Susan White and Gerhard Riemann Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Social Work Research, Social Justice and Social Change - f004 Bob Pease PART TWO: CONTEXTS FOR Social Work Research Research and Government - f004 Ian Shaw and Joan Zlotnik Politics and Values in Social Work Research - Haluk Soydan Social Work Research and Ethics - f004 Richard Hugman From Social Work Practice to Social Work Research: An Emergent Approach to a Basic Problem - Steve Trevillion Theory and Theorizing: Intellectual Contexts of Social Work Research - Mikko Mantysaari and Richard Weatherley The Uses of Social Work Research - Roy Ruckdeschel and Adrienne Chambon Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research - f004 Ian Shaw PART THREE: THE PRACTICE OF Social Work Research The Practice of Social Work Research - Jackie Powell and Blanca Ramos Logics, Qualities and Quality of Social Work Research - Ian Shaw Evidence and Practice: The Knowledge Challenge for Social Work - Geraldine Macdonald and Jennie Popay Methods for Enhancing Theory and Knowledge About Problems, Policies, and Practice - Jane F Gilgun Methods for Understanding, Learning and Social Justice - Carmen Lavoie, Judy MacDonald and Elizabeth Whitmore Mixing Methods in Social Work Research - Jennifer C Greene, Peter Sommerfeld, and Wendy L Haight Challenges and Directions in the Practice of Social Work Research - f004 Katharine Briar-Lawson, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders PART FOUR: DOMAINS OF Social Work Research Nation - f004 Linda Briskman Community - Karen Staller and Tracie Mafile'o Children, Young People and Families - Mary Ruffalo, June Thoburn and Paula Allen-Meares Health and Well-being - f004 Paul Bywaters and Michael Ungar Disability - Sally French and John Swain Mental Health - f004 Peter Huxley, Michael Sheppard and Martin Webber Social Work Research and Aging - f004 Philip McCallion Social Work in Criminal Justice - Fergus McNeill, Dennis Bracken and Alan Clarke Challenges and Directions in Social Work Research and Social Work Practice - Joan Orme, Roy Ruckdeschel and Katharine Briar-Lawson

  • Kinds and Quality of Social Work Research
    British Journal of Social Work, 2006
    Co-Authors: Ian Shaw, Matthew J. Norton
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    This paper, drawing on a study of Social Work Research in UK universities, asks—and suggests provisional answers to—two questions. First, is it possible to identify ways to categorize the kinds of Research in Social Work in a form that recognizes and respects the aims and values of Social Work? Second, assuming we ought to do so, in what ways should the quality of Social Work Research be assessed? In response to examination of output from the 2001 RAE, a national Workshop and several focus groups, we developed a classification of kinds of Research according to two different dimensions: On whom is the primary substantive focus of the Research? What is the primary problem focus of the Research? In terms of assessing quality, we believe that the Social Work community should not be aiming for precise standards. We recommend a ‘fitness for purpose’, which should include guidance on how different stakeholder communities should apply quality judgments. However, while all stakeholders should sign up to the broad dimensions and standards, their application should always leave scope for flexibility and local relevance. Quality should be based on justification of both inner and outer science considerations.

Edwina S. Uehara - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Toward a Values-Based Approach to Multicultural Social Work Research
    Social Work, 1996
    Co-Authors: Edwina S. Uehara, Sung Sil L. Sohng, Raymond L. Bending, Sherri F. Seyfried, Cheryl A. Richey, Paula T. Morelli, Michael S. Spencer, Deborah Ortega, Lynn D. Keenan, Valli Kanuha
    Abstract:

    An approach to multicultural Social Work Research that is values based and process oriented is being developed by the authors and other faculty and doctoral students affiliated with the Multicultural Research Group at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Members of the group share an interest in the collective creation of models of Social Work practice, education, and Research that reflect a multicultural worldview and a commitment to collaborative Work with members of disenfranchised communities - that is, groups in the United States that experience economic, Social, and political disadvantage or discrimination. In particular, the authors share a commitment to Working with communities of color, women, gay men and lesbians, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. We believe that too many models of Social science Research replay and reinforce the theme of disenfranchisement, providing little opportunity for community members to shape Research questions, claim ownership of data, develop findings and implications for action, and hone their own critical inquiry skills. The approach discussed in this article reflects the Research group's ongoing dialogue on multicultural Social Work Research, practice, and education. It represents a Work in progress. An invitation to join a panel on Research and diversity at the Council on Social Work Education's 1995 Annual Planning Meeting was the impetus for clarifying and consolidating our current thoughts on multicultural Research. We accepted the invitation as an opportunity to struggle with the following questions: What is multicultural Social Work Research? And what are the benefits and challenges associated with teaching, learning, and doing it? The article represents a response to these questions and an invitation to other Social welfare Researchers to ponder these and related questions individually and collectively. Definition of Multicultural Social Work Research Multicultural Social Work Research should meet three general criteria: (1) It should involve the Researcher in a constant process of both private and public reflection on a range of issues critically affecting collaboration - from how her or his own biases and motives affect the Research process to the impact of the larger political economy on the sociocultural history of disadvantaged groups; (2) it should democratize the Research process, supporting a continuous process of community collaboration rather than token representation of community members in limited advisory roles; and (3) its objectives should be linked to community empowerment, Social justice, and Social transformation goals. The centrality of empowerment with respect to both the process and aims of Research differentiates the group's approach from other applied Social Work Research models that also emphasize cooperation with and direct benefits to communities (for example, the Design and Development Model; Rothman & Thomas, 1994). Although redressing the power imbalance between Researcher and community participant is an optional feature under other applied models, it is a defining characteristic or parameter of the approach we describe in this article. Our approach is "values based" because it draws on fundamental values undergirding the profession and practice of Social Work: Social justice, equality, self-determination, and empowerment. It is "process oriented" for two reasons: First, we assume that no single act or set of finite acts performed on Research makes it "multicultural"; instead, reflection and collaboration must become organic to every part of the Research process (Rogler, 1989). Second, we place trust in the assumption that a process of critically reflective and collaborative inquiry can lead to Social transformation. The Ultimate Goal: Social Transformation The Social Work values of justice, equality, and empowerment are currently given strong voice in the concept of multiculturalism. …

Michael S. Spencer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Identity and Multicultural Social Work Research: A Reflection in Process
    Advances in Social Work, 2001
    Co-Authors: Michael S. Spencer
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    Personal identity and multicultural issues have relevance for Social Work Researchers as well as practicioners. Written specifically for Advances in Social Work, this self-revelatory and inspirational article by Dr. Michael Spencer is based, in part, on an address he delivered at the January 2001 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. Michael Spencer encourages Social Work educators, Researchers, and practitioners to join with him in the conversations needed to address identity and multicultural issues as they pertain to service-related Research. In particular, he challenges Social Workers to recognize and manage their identity-based personal biases and preferences, and use both quantitative and qualitative Research perspectives in ways that acknowledge the uniqueness of diverse peoples. He recommends that the processes of collaboration ans self-reflection characterize the conduct of multicultural Social Work Research, and urges Researchers to translate their findings into practitioner-friendly forms to facilitate application in service delivery.

  • Toward a Values-Based Approach to Multicultural Social Work Research
    Social Work, 1996
    Co-Authors: Edwina S. Uehara, Sung Sil L. Sohng, Raymond L. Bending, Sherri F. Seyfried, Cheryl A. Richey, Paula T. Morelli, Michael S. Spencer, Deborah Ortega, Lynn D. Keenan, Valli Kanuha
    Abstract:

    An approach to multicultural Social Work Research that is values based and process oriented is being developed by the authors and other faculty and doctoral students affiliated with the Multicultural Research Group at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Members of the group share an interest in the collective creation of models of Social Work practice, education, and Research that reflect a multicultural worldview and a commitment to collaborative Work with members of disenfranchised communities - that is, groups in the United States that experience economic, Social, and political disadvantage or discrimination. In particular, the authors share a commitment to Working with communities of color, women, gay men and lesbians, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. We believe that too many models of Social science Research replay and reinforce the theme of disenfranchisement, providing little opportunity for community members to shape Research questions, claim ownership of data, develop findings and implications for action, and hone their own critical inquiry skills. The approach discussed in this article reflects the Research group's ongoing dialogue on multicultural Social Work Research, practice, and education. It represents a Work in progress. An invitation to join a panel on Research and diversity at the Council on Social Work Education's 1995 Annual Planning Meeting was the impetus for clarifying and consolidating our current thoughts on multicultural Research. We accepted the invitation as an opportunity to struggle with the following questions: What is multicultural Social Work Research? And what are the benefits and challenges associated with teaching, learning, and doing it? The article represents a response to these questions and an invitation to other Social welfare Researchers to ponder these and related questions individually and collectively. Definition of Multicultural Social Work Research Multicultural Social Work Research should meet three general criteria: (1) It should involve the Researcher in a constant process of both private and public reflection on a range of issues critically affecting collaboration - from how her or his own biases and motives affect the Research process to the impact of the larger political economy on the sociocultural history of disadvantaged groups; (2) it should democratize the Research process, supporting a continuous process of community collaboration rather than token representation of community members in limited advisory roles; and (3) its objectives should be linked to community empowerment, Social justice, and Social transformation goals. The centrality of empowerment with respect to both the process and aims of Research differentiates the group's approach from other applied Social Work Research models that also emphasize cooperation with and direct benefits to communities (for example, the Design and Development Model; Rothman & Thomas, 1994). Although redressing the power imbalance between Researcher and community participant is an optional feature under other applied models, it is a defining characteristic or parameter of the approach we describe in this article. Our approach is "values based" because it draws on fundamental values undergirding the profession and practice of Social Work: Social justice, equality, self-determination, and empowerment. It is "process oriented" for two reasons: First, we assume that no single act or set of finite acts performed on Research makes it "multicultural"; instead, reflection and collaboration must become organic to every part of the Research process (Rogler, 1989). Second, we place trust in the assumption that a process of critically reflective and collaborative inquiry can lead to Social transformation. The Ultimate Goal: Social Transformation The Social Work values of justice, equality, and empowerment are currently given strong voice in the concept of multiculturalism. …