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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section A Forming Professional Practice -- 1 Professional Practices in National Contexts -- 2 Navigating Practitioner Research -- 3 Constructing Practitioner Research -- 4 An Exemplary Scheme? An Evaluation of the Integrated Children's System -- 5 A Frame for Evaluating in Practice -- Section B Forming Social Work Research -- 6 Times Present, Times Past: The History of Social Work Research in the United Kingdom -- 7 'Kinds and Quality of Social Work Research' -- 8 Places in Time: Contextualizing Social Work Research -- 9 Science and Social Work: A Sketch -- 10 Social Work Science and Evidence -- 11 The Nature and Disposition of a Traditional Network: A Paradoxical Case -- 12 One-eyed Mules and Social Work: An Essay on Serendipity -- 13 When Walking on a Slow Ascending Street -- 14 Qualitative Research in Social Work -- 15 Researching and Evaluating Interventions and Outcomes -- 16 'Ethics and the Practice of Qualitative Research' -- 17 The Craft of Journal Practice -- 18 Writing Social Work Science -- Section C Chicago, Sociology and Social Work -- 19 Rereading The Jack-Roller: Hidden Histories in Sociology and Social Work -- 20 Sociology and Social Work - In Praise of Limestone? -- 21 Casework: Re-forming the Relationship Between Sociology and Social Work -- 22 The Archaeology of Research Practices: A Social Work Case -- 23 Chicago Pastoral 1931 -- 24 Sociological Social Work: A Case Example -- Section D Critical Tributes and Debates -- 25 'A Science of Social Work? - Response to John Brekke' -- 26 The Positive Contributions of Quantitative Methodology to Social Work Research: A View From the Sidelines -- 27 Noel Timms: A Brief Appreciation -- 28 Lee Cronbach (1916-2001) - A Critical Appreciation.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Keeping Social Work Honest -- 2 Walking the Borders: Practice and Research -- 3 Practitioners Talk -- 4 A Frame for Evaluating in Practice -- 5 Interlude -- 6 New Agenda, New Methods: Evaluating Assessments and Plans -- 7 Social Work in Action: Evaluating the Process of Practice -- 8 The End Game: Evaluating Outcomes -- 9 Developing Evaluating in Practice -- Bibliography -- Index

"There's a growing pressure for social workers to engage with research and draw on this in practice. But why is this research important? This first book in the Research in Social Work series, published in association with the European Social Work Research Association, provides an accessible way to think about this question. Drawing on evidence from across Europe, Asia and the USA, it covers how research is conducted, used and perceived. It is perfect for social work students, researchers and practitioners, providing a detailed sketch of how research finds a place in the wider social work picture and offering opportunities and exercises that highlight how social work research is relevant in day-to-day course programmes and practice."

"This title was first published in 2000: A detailed study of a number of key issues arising in evaluation research, in particular the impact of context upon evaluation findings and the implication context has for methodology. Providing case study illustrations, the work includes discussion of definitions and uses, experimental logic, methods and difficulties in experimental evaluations and the importance of incorporating both process and context in evaluation research design."--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents -- 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

Ranging over local and international issues and exploring questions of theory and practice, this diverse study provides a comprehensive account of the state of the art of social work research. It invites us to understand the historical roots of the unresolvable tensions within the purposes and methods of social work research.

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