Linda Bell

Research Methods for Social Workers (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This handy book is a one-stop introduction to research and evaluation for social workers. Including unique project examples, exercises, discussion points and extensive signposting to further reading, and drawing on the author's many years of teaching experience, it is essential reading for students who may be unfamiliar with research methods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137442833
• Artikelnr.: 62735637

Autorenporträt

Linda Bell is Associate Professor in the School of Health & Education at Middlesex University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One From social work skills to research skills: what is 'being research minded'?.- Chapter Two Understanding published research and research design: scoping and summarizing.- Chapter Three Dealing with ethics and maintaining professional values during research.- Chapter Four Talking and listening: using qualitative methods to develop relationship based approaches to research.- Chapter Five Working with documentary sources and qualitative data analysis in social work research.- Chapter Six It's all about attitude: ways of capturing and understanding measurable data.- Chapter Seven Mixing it up: how to combine research approaches without getting into a muddle.- Chapter Eight Can you innovate? Developing arts based and visual methods for social work research.- Chapter Nine What's out there? Using the internet and social media for research.- Chapter Ten Becoming a social work researcher: building confidence as well as skills.- Glossary of key terms.