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

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Research; Social work with youth; Youth workers
• Altri autori: BradfordSimon CullenFin
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Research and research methods for youth practitioners
• ISBN: 1-136-62772-3; 1-283-45954-X; 9786613459541; 1-136-62773-1; 0-203-80257-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790476103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II