What is the role of science in social work? Ian Shaw considers social work inventions, evidence-based practice, the history of scientific claims in social work practice, technology, and social work research methodology to demonstrate the significant role that scientific language and practice play in the complex world of social work.
By treating science as a social action marked by the interplay of choice, activity, and constraints, Shaw links scientific and social work knowledge through the core themes of the nature of evidence, critical learning and understanding, justice, and the skilled evaluation of the subject. He shows specifically how to connect science, research, and the practical and speaks to the novel topics this integration introduces into the discipline, including experience, expertise, faith, tacit knowledge, judgment, interests, scientific controversies, and understanding.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
1. Talking Social Work Science
2. Doing Social Work Science
3. Historical Moments for Social Work and Science
4. Technology and Social Work
5. The Social Work Science Community: Controversies and Cooperation
6. Social Work Science and Evidence
7. Social Work Science and Understanding
8. Social Work Science and Justice
9. Impacts and Influences
Appendix. Writing Social Work Science
Notes
References
Index
Circa l’autore
Ian Shaw is professor of social work at the Aalborg University in Denmark and emeritus professor at the University of York. His most recent books include
Doing Qualitative Research in Social Work (2014) and the four volume series
Social Work Research (2016).
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