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Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care - Catherine Flynn, Fiona McDermott

Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care

The Journey from Student to Practitioner Researcher
Buch | Softcover
248 Seiten
2016
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4739-0662-4 (ISBN)
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A step-by-step guide to understanding the concepts of research and gathering data to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book enables readers to learn the research process with confidence, build practical knowledge and make the necessary connections between research and professional practice.
From understanding the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book will guide your students to become researchers by giving them:



a confident start with clarity on core concepts and getting it right ethically
step-by-step guidance at each point in the research process, showing them diversity in approaches, the impact of context and how to overcome problems
case studies of how real researchers embrace the challenges, surprises and successes of research
an emphasis on the person in context, so their research is reflective of the realities of social work and social care practice
a guide to writing it up and achieving impact and positive change with research.

Catherine Flynn is an Associate Professor of social work at Monash University. Fiona McDermott is adjunct Associate Professor and has researched and taught in social work courses at Monash University and The University of Melbourne. 

Introduction
PART ONE: PREPARING FOR RESEARCH
Research in the professional practice context
Frameworks underpinning research
Researching ethically: ′What you do is important but how you do it is more important′
Arriving at a research question: Building on existing knowledge
PART TWO: DOING RESEARCH
Research design: Shaping your study
Selecting and accessing data sources: Ensuring rigour
Speaking and listening: Interviews, focus groups and community forums
Counting and measuring: Questionnaires, scales and secondary analyses
Looking and seeing: Visual methods
′Toolkit′
PART THREE: MAKING USE OF RESEARCH
Making meaning from data: Qualitative analysis
Making meaning from data: Quantitative analysis
Writing and sharing your findings: Creating knowledge for practice

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 186 x 232 mm
Gewicht 460 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10 1-4739-0662-8 / 1473906628
ISBN-13 978-1-4739-0662-4 / 9781473906624
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