The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research

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Title

The Changing Nature and Context of Social Work Research

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

Social work research is constantly diversifying and expanding and this article explores its changing nature; including changes to epistemology and practice; and the critical influence of the wider economic, political, theoretical and practice changes occurring to social work itself. The author discusses a number of issues facing social work research: the enduring conflicts of ways of knowing, doing and valuing social work research; the role of practitioners as researchers; and the challenge t...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2001

Creator

Gibbs, Anita

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/6582

Related subjects

social work research / epistemologies / methods / researchers / reflective practice

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