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Shaping a Science of Social Work provides a basic framework for a social work science in terms of basic constructs, domains, and characteristics, considered within the context of academic disciplinarity and professional identity. Centered on the formation of social work science from a realist/critical-realist position, contributions from eminent scholars offer detailed and rigorous analyses of various essential issues.
Sommario
- Foreword
- Marilyn Flynn
- Preface
- John S. Brekke and Jeane W. Anastas
- Part 1. Current Context and the Realist Frame
- Chapter 1. The Science in Social Work Roundtables: Context, Content, Process
- Susan Stone and Jerry Floersch
- Chapter 2. The Realist Frame: Scientific Realism and Critical Realism
- John S. Brekke, Jeane W. Anastas, Jerry Floersch, and Jeffrey Longhofer
- Part 2. The Foundations of Social Work Science
- Chapter 3. Science and Identity in Social Work
- John S. Brekke
- Chapter 4. Defining a Social Work Science: Its Nature and Consequences
- John S. Brekke
- Chapter 5. Social Work Science in the Context of Social Work Ideas: Social Work Science and Grand Challenges
- Rowena Fong and Edwina Uehara
- Chapter 6. Values-Informed Research and Research-Informed Values
- Jeffrey Longhofer and Jerry Floersch
- Chapter 7. Theory in Social Work Science
- Susan P. Kemp and Gina Miranda Samuels
- Chapter 8. Who Knows? Critical Realism, Philosophy of Mind, Embodiment, and the Science of Social Work
- Jeane W. Anastas
- Part 3. Essential Issues in Social Work Science
- Chapter 9. Science and Social Work Practice: Client-Provider Relationships as an Active Ingredient Promoting Client Change
- Mary Bunn and Jeanne Marsh
- Chapter 10. Rigor and Relevance in Social Work Science
- Lawrence A. Palinkas
- Chapter 11. Tools and Training to Support Social Work as an Integrative Science
- Paula S. Nurius
- Part 4. Concluding Thoughts
- Chapter 12. Concluding and Commencing Thoughts
- Jeane W. Anastas and John S. Brekke
Info autore
John S. Brekke, PhD, MSW, Frances Larson Professor of Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Southern California.
Jeane W. Anastas, PhD, LMSW, ACSW, Professor, Silver School of social Work, New York University.
Riassunto
Shaping a Science of Social Workprovides a basic framework for a social work science within the context of academic disciplinarity and professional identity. Drawn from discussions at the annual IslandWood retreats for social work scholars, this book centers on a realist/critical-realist perspective by outlining the basic constructs, domains, and characteristics of a science that will inform the way social work is studied and practiced for years to come. Chapters written by leaders of the field offer detailed and rigorous analyses of essential issues such as values and value-based assumptions, philosophy of mind, importance of theory, challenges of rigor and relevance in social work science, and implications for the future of the profession. The book serves as an invaluable resource for academics and organizational leaders in social work practice and education.
Testo aggiuntivo
Here is a landmark volume that promises to spark deeper discourse on the place of science, knowledge, and evidence in tackling our most challenging social problems, and to revitalize the social work profession's commitment to rigorous knowledge 'in the service of service' to those most marginalized. Kudos!
