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Doing research in social work and social care : the journey from student to practitioner researcher / Catherine Flynn and Fiona McDermott.

By: Flynn, Catherine (Sociologist) [author].
Contributor(s): McDermott, Fiona [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: vi, 240 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473906624 (paperback); 9781473906617 (hardback); 147390661X (hardback); 1473906628 (paperback).Subject(s): Social service -- ResearchDDC classification: 361.3072
Contents:
Part I: Preparing for research -- Research in the professional practice context -- Frameworks underpinning research -- Researching ethically: 'what you do is important but how you do it is more important' -- Arriving at a research question: building on existing knowledge -- Part II: Doing research -- Research design: shaping your study -- Selecting and accessing data: ensuring rigor -- Speaking and listening: interviews, focus groups and community forums -- Counting and measuring: questionnaires, scales and secondary analyses -- Looking and seeing : visual methods -- Toolkit -- Part III: Making use of research -- Making meaning from data: qualitative analysis -- Making meaning from data: quantitative analysis -- Writing and sharing your findings: creating knowledge for practice.
Summary: This book guides students to becoming researchers by detailing the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge to students.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-232) and index.

Part I: Preparing for research -- Research in the professional practice context -- Frameworks underpinning research -- Researching ethically: 'what you do is important but how you do it is more important' -- Arriving at a research question: building on existing knowledge -- Part II: Doing research -- Research design: shaping your study -- Selecting and accessing data: ensuring rigor -- Speaking and listening: interviews, focus groups and community forums -- Counting and measuring: questionnaires, scales and secondary analyses -- Looking and seeing : visual methods -- Toolkit -- Part III: Making use of research -- Making meaning from data: qualitative analysis -- Making meaning from data: quantitative analysis -- Writing and sharing your findings: creating knowledge for practice.

This book guides students to becoming researchers by detailing the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge to students.

CIT Module SOCI 8003 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. vii)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I Preparing for Research (p. 3)
  • 1 Research in the Professional Practice Context (p. 5)
  • 2 Frameworks Underpinning Research (p. 25)
  • 3 Researching Ethically: 'What You Do Is Important But How You Do It Is More Important' (p. 41)
  • 4 Arriving at a Research Question: Building on Existing Knowledge (p. 61)
  • Part II Doing Research (p. 81)
  • 5 Research Design: Shaping Your Study (p. 83)
  • 6 Selecting and Accessing Data: Ensuring Rigour (p. 101)
  • 7 Speaking and Listening: Interviews, Focus Groups and Community Forums (p. 117)
  • 8 Counting and Measuring: Questionnaires, Scales and Secondary Analyses (p. 133)
  • 9 Looking and Seeing: Visual Methods (p. 149)
  • 'Toolkit' (p. 165)
  • Part III Making Use of Research (p. 169)
  • 10 Making Meaning from Data: Qualitative Analysis (p. 171)
  • 11 Making Meaning from Data: Quantitative Analysis (p. 189)
  • 12 Writing and Sharing Your Findings: Creating Knowledge for Practice (p. 207)
  • References (p. 219)
  • Index (p. 233)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Catherine Flynn is Senior Lecture in the Department of Social Work at Monash University.
Fiona McDermott is Associate Professor in toe Department of Social Work at Monash University.