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Social Work Research Methods: Four Alternative Paradigmsis the first book that expands social work research methods to include alternative models and integrate these methodologies into general social work practice. In addition to addressing ethics, diversity, and technology, author Teresa Morris also describes research methods for positivism, post-positivism, critical theory, and constructivism.

Key Features:

Integrates research methods into a practice model: A generalist model of social work practice adapts the stages of this model to the stages of research. Step-by-step guidance is given on how to carry out quantitative and qualitative research with illustrative examples from research projects that have used each of the paradigms. Offers choices in research methods: Students are given options about how to build social work practice knowledge. Depending on their worldviews, students are provided with conceptual frameworks to make decisions about which research methods to use in which situation. Not only are the theoretical rationales for such choices discussed, but the tools to carry them out are provided. Addresses contemporary issues: The ethics and politics of research, the researcher′s responsibility to diversity, and the use of technology at each stage of a research project are thoroughly discussed. In addition, materials are provided to comply with the Council on Social Work Education′s new accreditation standards to include detailed qualitative research in research courses.

Intended Audience:Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying Qualitative Research Methods in the field of Social Work

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Introduction
• Research and Generalist Practice
• Brief History of Philosophy of Science
• Part I The Positivist Paradigm
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Engagement - Entrée to the Research Setting Defined
• Chapter 2 Assessment - Development of Understanding the Research Focus
• Chapter 3 Planning - Rationales for Carrying out the Research Project
• Explanatory Designs
• Descriptive Designs
• Chapter 4 Implementation - Gathering the Data
• Managing and Implementing Data Collection
• Chapter 5 Evaluation - Developing an Understanding of the Data and its Meaning
• Data Entry
• Descriptive Statistics
• Inferential Statistics
• Chapter 6 Termination and Follow Up - Reporting on Findings - Exiting the Research Setting
• Research Setting
• Conclusion
• Part II Post Positivism
• Introduction
• Chapter 7 Assessment and Engagement - Development of Understanding of the Research Focus and Entree to the Research Setting
• Chapter 8 Planning, Implementation, Evaluation - Rationale for Gathering Data, Data Gathering and Developing an Understanding of the Data and its Meaning
• Planning: Rationale for Gathering Data
• Implementation: Data Gathering
• Evaluation: Developing an Understanding of the Data and its Meaning
• Chapter 9 Termination and Follow Up - Reporting on Findings - Exiting the Research Setting and Communication and Distribution of Findings
• Conclusion
• Part III Critical Theory
• Introduction
• Chapter 10 Assessment, Engagement, and Planning - Development of Understanding of the Research Focus, Entree to the Research Setting. Rationale for Carrying out the Research
• Planning: Rationale for Carrying out the Research
• Chapter 11 Implementation - Gathering Data
• Data Collection for Looking and Developing the Ideological Analysis
• Data Collection for Action
• Data Collection for Evaluation of Action Plans
• Chapter 12 Evaluation - Developing an Understanding of the Data and its Meaning
• Emergent Analysis
• Ideological Analysis
• Action Analysis
• Chapter 13 Termination and Follow Up - Reporting on Finding - Exiting the Research Setting, and Communication and Distribution of Research Findings
• Reporting to Participants and the Target Entity
• Reporting to the Participants, Funding Sources and Academic Settings
• Alternate Forms of Presentation
• Reflection and Celebration
• Conclusion
• Part IV Constructivism
• Introduction
• Chapter 14 Engagement, Assessment and Planning - Entrée to the Research Setting, Development of Understanding of the Researcher Focus, Rationales for Gathering Data
• Chapter 15 Implementation and Evaluation - Gathering Data and Developing and Understanding of the Data and its Meaning
• Implementation: Gathering Data
• Stages of Data Collection
• Evaluation: Understanding the Meaning of Data
• Chapter 16 Termination and Follow Up - Reporting on Findings - Exiting the Research Setting and Communication and Distribution of Findings
• Researcher's Journals
• The Case Study, or Research Report
• Exiting the Research Setting
• Conclusion
• Part V Cross Cutting Themes: Ethics, Diversity And Technology
• Introduction
• Chapter 17 The Ethics and Politics of Research
• Introduction
• Ethics
• Politics
• Conclusion
• Chapter 18 The Researcher's Responsibility to Diversity
• Introduction
• Engagement (Gaining Entrée to the Research Setting)
• Assessment (Developing an Understanding of the Research Focus)
• Planning (Rationales and Plans for Carrying out These Research Projects)
• Implementation: Gathering the Data
• Evaluation (Developing an understanding and Interpretation of the Data)
• Termination and Follow Up
• Chapter 19 The Function of Technology at Each Step of the Way
• Engagement (Gaining Entrée to the Research Setting)
• Assessment (Developing an Understanding of the Research Focus)
• Planning (Rationales and Plans for Carrying out the Research Project)
• Implementation (Gathering the Data)
• Evaluation (Developing an Understanding and Interpretation of the Data
• Termination and Follow Up
• Glossary
• Phenomenology - An Approach to Understanding the World that Uses Refection, Evidence (i.e. Awareness of Something) and Description
• References and Bibliography

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Teresa Morris is the chair of the social work department and director of social work programs at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She received her M.S.W. from the University of Hawaii and her Doctorate from UC, Berkeley. She is from England via Australia and now lives in California. In England she worked as a secondary school teacher and a youth and community worker. In Australia she was a community worker, and later an academic. In 1989 she went to California to help start a new social work department and now heads that department. Her publications have been in the areas of refugee resettlement, philosophy of science, and alternative paradigm research methods. She teaches research methods.