Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care
The Journey from Student to Practitioner Researcher
- Catherine Flynn - Monash University, Australia
- Fiona McDermott - Monash University, Australia
Evidence-based Practice | Research Methods & Evaluation (General) | Social Work Research Methods
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.
A very interesting text with application across the workforce.
This is a very comprehensive book. Students find it easy to read and understand basic concepts of research methods. Additionally, to my knowledge, there are not many research methods book looking from a social work perspective, they are usually into health and social care research, which makes this book quite unique.