The Routledge handbook of social work practice research / / edited by Lynette Joubert and Martin Webber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975425003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : , : Routledge, , 2020
• ISBN: 0-429-58114-9; 0-429-19948-1; 9780429199486
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 524 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Routledge international handbooks.
• Disciplina: 361.3/2072
• Soggetti: Social service - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Section 1: State of the art -- Introduction -- Section 2: Methodologies -- Introduction -- Section 3: Pedagogies -- Introduction -- Section 4: Applications -- Introduction -- Section 5: Expanding the frontiers -- Introduction -- Conclusions -- Section 1 State of the art -- Chapter 2 Identifying the conceptual foundations of practice research -- Introduction -- Learning and sharing -- Thought leaders -- Critical reflection - Jan Fook (UK) -- Research outcomes and policy impacts - Mike Fisher (UK) -- Defining types of practice research - Ilse Julkunen (Finland) -- Negotiating interests and relationships - Lars Uggerhøj (Denmark) -- Context of geography - Tim Sim (Hong Kong) -- Case record data mining - Irwin Epstein (USA) -- Organizational contexts for practice research - Mike Austin (USA) -- Complementary methodologies - Riki Savaya (Israel) -- Key social science concepts related to practice research -- Bureaucratic encounters -- Key social science theories related to practice research -- Face-negotiating theory -- Collaboration theory -- Cultural-Historical Activity Theory -- The role of theory in practice research -- Lingering questions about the future of practice research -- How will practice research inform future theory development? -- How will practice research be disseminated and utilized by current and future ; practitioners? -- How do we keep service providers and users up-to-date with practice research? -- What kinds of platforms are needed to sustain practice research in the future? -- What are some of ways of educating future participants to engage in practice research? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.; Chapter 3 Social work practice research developments: four statements, ten years later -- Introduction -- The Salisbury statement (2008) -- The Helsinki statement (2012) -- The New York statement (2014) -- The Hong Kong statement (2017) -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 From research question to practice research methodology -- Introduction -- Clearing away (some of) the undergrowth -- Defining the research question -- Old and new partners in defining the research question -- The next steps -- Existing data and service evaluation -- The role of the systematic review -- Using internal resources -- Timetables -- Reporting -- The link with evidence-based policy and practice -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Underlying theoretical positions, perceptions and foundations in practice research -- Introduction -- Scientific positions of practice research -- Science of the concrete -- Mode 2 knowledge production -- Transdisciplinary practice research -- Evidence-based research and/or practice research: similarities and differences? -- Theoretical positions influencing practice research -- Deliberative democracy, democratic service-user perspectives and agency -- Restrained imagination: creativity and empathy in the research process -- Sociological imagination: consciousness about the interconnections in life -- Joint learning processes and reflexivity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Practice research as a collective enterprise -- The development of practice research -- Forms of practice research -- Practitioner-led or partnership? -- Stand-alone or staged? -- Free-standing or networked? -- Collective practice research: aims and challenges -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Philanthropic collaboration in practice research: The Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund model, Singapore -- Introduction.; Process -- The Singapore experience of practice research -- The LCG ERF model -- Launch of the fund -- Public lectures -- Consultation and coaching sessions -- Practice research conference -- Call for research proposals -- Review of proposals and award of grants -- Governance and fund management -- Now and the future -- Validating the credibility of the social work profession -- Enhancing the research and education missions through university-industry partnership -- Note -- References -- Section 2 Methodologies -- Chapter 8 Clinical data mining: a practice research methodology of choice for health social workers -- The implementation of clinical data mining as a research design -- Conclusion -- Selected references -- Chapter 9 Different approaches in practice research -- Introduction -- Defining a multi-dimensional research approach -- Four approaches within practice research -- Practice-minded researchers and research-minded practitioners -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 10 Methodological pluralism in practice research -- Introduction -- Pluralism and social work -- Methodological pluralism or pluralism of method? -- Methodological pluralism in practice research -- Methodological pluralism in a research programme -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Pragmatist knowledge production in practice research -- Introduction -- The context of the article - the Heikki Waris Institute -- Pragmatism and the experimental approach -- Ontology and epistemology -- Practice research founded on pragmatist epistemology -- Knowledge production in experimental practice research -- An example of pragmatic practitioner research -- ; Strategies to promote planning experiments -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Evaluating social work practice with single system research designs -- Prerequisites for conducting an SSRD.; Questions SSRDs can potentially answer -- Evaluative questions (such as): -- Causal questions (such as): -- SSRD terminology -- Types of evaluative SSRDs -- The baseline-only, or "A" design -- The intervention-only, or "B" design -- The "A-B" design -- The A-B-A design -- The B-A-B design -- The A-B-A-B design -- The multiple baseline design -- Other designs? -- Technical issues -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 13 Measuring effectiveness in practice research -- Practice research -- Defining effectiveness -- What is known about the effectiveness of social work? -- Research design -- (i) Quasi-experimental designs -- (ii) Randomised controlled designs -- (iii) Other designs -- Measuring effectiveness: what is the nature of our intervention? -- Measuring effectiveness: who is the target of the intervention? -- Measuring effectiveness: how will we measure the anticipated outcomes? -- Measuring effectiveness: analysing and interpreting the results -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 14 The interface between qualitative research methodology and practice research -- Qualitative research and social work practice -- Asking questions -- Telling stories -- Traces and deposits in texts and documents -- Living in place, space and time -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 15 Engaging service users in practice research -- Introduction -- Power relations -- Productive power - power and resistance -- Challenges -- The Danish welfare model and the user perspective -- Engagement and power -- Illustrative cases -- Case 1: Engaging in meetings with young people -- Case 2: A study of crime prevention efforts at a community care centre for offenders with intellectual disabilities -- Final reflections -- References -- Chapter 16 Practice research in Indigenous communities -- Introduction -- Accentuating the 'practical'.; Tribally based practice research: Huakina Mai -- Tribally based practice research: Ka Awatea -- Tribally rooted practice resource: the Hikairo Schema -- What is the Hikairo Schema? -- Why is it called the Hikairo Schema? -- What are the dimensions of the Hikairo Schema? -- How do early childhood education teachers use the Hikairo Schema? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 17 Translating ideas of practice research for a national and local child welfare reform process -- Introduction -- The reform in short -- Ideas from practice research -- A practice research approach to development as a tool for national reform -- Modelling services on a national level based on co-production -- Co-production days as a forum for national and local dialogue -- Evaluating and reflecting on the modelling process and co-production days -- The modelling process and models -- Case: modelling residential care -- Evaluating the relevance of the principles and notions of the institutional care modelling -- An example of the effects of the modelling in practice -- An example of the effects of the modelling on national policy -- Critical evaluation and reflection of the process as a whole - what we learned -- Epilogue -- References -- Chapter 18 Causal analysis for practice-based research using observational data -- Introduction -- Practice-based research, data analysis, and the cumulative scientific process: a systems perspective -- A typology of data analytic tasks -- Complementarity of different approaches -- RCTs and the importance of practice context -- Benefits of theory-based causal models -- Complex practice systems: the practice-policy-research nexus -- A framework for conducting practice-driven causal analyses -- Step 1. Develop a theoretical model of the practice context -- Step 2. Identifying the causal relationships of ; interest in the model.; Step 3. Looking for additional measures where possible.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Routledge Handbook of Practice Research is the first book to focus on practice research for social work. Bringing together leading scholars in the field from Europe, the USA and the Asia Pacific region, it provides an up-to-the minute overview of the latest thinking in practice research whilst also providing practical advice on how to undertake practice research in the field"--