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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812114803321

Autore

Maxwell Nicholas

Titolo

How universities can help create a wiser world : the urgent need for an academic revolution / / Nicholas Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, England : , : Imprint Academic, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-84540-747-4

1-84540-748-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Societas essays in political & cultural modernism

Disciplina

306.432

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Educational sociology

Universities and colleges - Sociological aspects

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Quotation; Dedication; Body matter; Chapter 1: The Basic Idea; Chapter 2: Wisdom-Inquiry; Chapter 3: How Wisdom-Inquiry Helps Solve Global Problems; Chapter 4: Is the Wisdom Revolution Underway?; Chapter 5: Policies for a Wiser World; Back matter; References; Critical acclaim

Sommario/riassunto

In order to make progress towards a better world we need to learn how to do it. And for that we need institutions of learning rationally designed and devoted to helping us solve our global problems, make progress towards a better world. It is just this that we lack at present. Our universities pursue knowledge. They are neither designed nor devoted to helping humanity learn how to tackle global problems - problems of living - in more intelligent, humane and effective ways. That, this book ar...



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154322203321

Autore

Watkins Daphne

Titolo

Mixed methods research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-029763-8

0-19-026624-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Pocket guides to social work research methods Pocket guides to social work research methods

Classificazione

SOC025000

Disciplina

001.4/2

001.42

Soggetti

Social service - Research

Research - Methodology

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Chapter 1 (First Floor): An Introduction to a "Mixed" Way of Thinking -- Chapter 2 (Second Floor): Designing Mixed Methods Studies in Social Work -- Step 1: Develop your purpose statement and research questions -- Step 2: Understand mixed methods language and notation -- Step 3: Choose a mixed methods design -- Chapter 3 (Third Floor): Mixed Methods Data Collection in Social Work -- Step 4: Decide on the data collection methods needed -- Step 5: Develop your sampling plan and recruitment strategies -- Step 6: Collect the data -- Chapter 4 (Fourth Floor): Mixed Methods Data Analysis in Social Work -- Step 7: Prepare the data for analysis -- Step 8: Analyze the data -- Step 9: Interpreting your integrated findings -- Chapter 5 (Fifth Floor): Perils, Pitfalls and Considerations -- Chapter 6 (Sixth Floor): Writing up, Presenting, and Teaching Mixed Methods -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

Daphne Watkins and Deborah Gioia review the fundamentals of mixed methods research designs and the general suppositions of mixed methods procedures. They also look critically at mixed method studies



and models that have already been employed in social work, and reflect on the contributions of and application of this work to the field.