1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461520603321

Titolo

Research and research methods for youth practitioners / / edited by Simon Bradford and Fin Cullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-45954-X

9786613459541

1-136-62773-1

0-203-80257-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BradfordSimon

CullenFin

Disciplina

362.7

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research

Social work with youth

Youth workers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Research and Research Methods for Youth Practitioners; Copyright; Contents; Contriibutors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Working as a practitioner-researcher; 2. Getting started: developing and designing research for practice; 3. Research ethics: participation, social difference and informed consent; 4. Doing ethnography and using visual methods; 5. Asking questions: interviews and evaluations; 6. Using quantitative methods: designing surveys and evaluations; 7. Documentary research and secondary data; 8. Virtual and online research with young people

9. Presenting research to different audiences10. Research and work with young people: politics, participation and policy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Rigorous research is crucial to effective work with young people and increasingly youth practitioners need to be able to develop, review and evidence their work using a variety of research and assessment tools. This text equips students and practitioners with a thorough understanding of research design, practice and dissemination, as well



as approaches to evidence-based practice. A clear practice framework informs the book, outlining the significance of research to youth work, especially in relation to designing and developing services for young people. Research and Research Meth