Practitioner Research: Reflexive Social Worker

Practitioner Research: Reflexive Social Worker

by N/A Fuller (Author)

Synopsis

"Practitioner research" has ben designed with the busy practitioner in mind. It offers down-to-earth advice to those seeking realistic ways of studying their own agency. It demystifies research and makes its concepts and skills accessible to the inexperienced. The authors draw on their experience of running a successful annual research programme for practitioners and illustrate their case throughout with a wealth of real-life examples. They argue that the development of a research-minded profession will come about most effectively through practitioners gaining first-hand experience of research problems. "Practitioner research" includes chapters on designing a study, methods of collecting and analyzing data, and dissemination. It also features examples of studies successfully carried out by practitioners. It is essential reading for students, practitioners and managers in social work and related professions.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 01 Nov 1995

ISBN 10: 0335193226
ISBN 13: 9780335193226

Media Reviews
There is an excellent mix of practical and conceptual discussion, and there are useful and succinct boxed questions regularly placed in the text...This is a welcome addition to the growing number of publications concerned with practitioner research. It is very well written, highly interesting, and succeeds in developing a firm base andconceptual framework for practitioner research. - CommunityCare The Strength of the book is its strong grounding in practice. It provides a thoughtful discussion of the distinguishing characteristics of practitioner research and in the methods sectionhighlights the particular strategies of greatest relevance and utility to practitioners. - Journal of Social Service Research