Research methods for social workers

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Exercises = viii
• List of Figures = ix
• Preface = x
• Acknowledgements = xii
• 1 From social work skills to research skills : What is 'being research minded'? = 1
• Introduction = 1
• Working towards research mindedness = 5
• Applying and defining approaches to enquiry in practice = 12
• Linking research and evaluation to professional development = 14
• Chapter summary = 15
• Further reading = 16
• 2 Understanding published research and research design : Scoping and summarising = 17
• Introduction : Media and information = 17
• Assessing knowledge : Thinking about ontology and epistemology = 20
• Ways of thinking about research design (methodology) = 23
• Finding appropriate knowledge and publications for reviews = 27
• Different kinds of review : scoping studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and 'academic' literature reviews = 29
• Skills involved in critiquing research literature (critical appraisal) = 35
• Chapter summary = 40
• Further reading = 40
• 3 Dealing with ethics and maintaining professional values during research = 41
• Introduction : Principles, professional and theoretical issues = 41
• What is `research ethics'? = 42
• Research governance for social work and health researchers (including students) in the UK = 44
• Research processes : Ethical aspects = 47
• Ethical issues in research practice = 49
• Chapter summary = 58
• Further reading = 59
• 4 Talking and listening : Using 'qualitative' methods to develop relationship based approaches to research = 60
• Introduction : The importance of relationships in research and social work = 60
• Underpinning approaches in qualitative research : Grounded theory, ethnography, feminist approaches, phenomenology, case studies and 'practice-near' research = 62
• Key qualitative methods - interviews, observation, focus groups, vignettes／scenarios = 74
• Chapter summary = 85
• Further reading = 86
• 5 Working with documentary sources and analysing qualitative data in social work research = 87
• Introduction = 87
• Using documents = 87
• Obtaining documentary data from observational methods = 92
• Preparing to analyse your material - some practical issues = 94
• Dealing with 'qualitative' comments produced by respondents on questionnaires = 97
• Analysing text taken from documents = 97
• Selecting, organising and analysing qualitative data : Interviews and focus group material = 100
• Chapter summary = 105
• Further reading = 105
• 6 It's all about attitude : Ways of capturing and understanding measurable data = 106
• Introduction = 106
• Descriptive survey design (methodology) and methods = 108
• Developing and using a questionnaire/attitude measure on `attitudes to research' = 115
• Building explanations from quantitative data = 117
• 'Pre' and 'post' test design - showing whether or not there are changes before and after an intervention = 120
• Gathering and analysing data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) - a form of experimental design = 121
• Chapter summary = 125
• Further reading = 126
• 7 Mixing it up : How to combine research approaches without getting into a muddle = 127
• Introduction = 127
• Some key theoretical issues in relation to 'mixing methods' = 128
• Mixing methods during the research process = 130
• Examples of research using 'Mixed' methods in different ways = 132
• Practical considerations when deciding whether or not to Mix methods in a project = 137
• Chapter summary = 139
• Further reading = 140
• 8 Can you innovate? Developing arts-based and visual methods for social work research = 141
• Introduction = 141
• Researching and using arts-based methods in social work education = 143
• Methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation in art-based research : discussion = 150
• Chapter summary = 152
• Further reading = 153
• 9 What's out there? Using the internet and social media for research = 154
• Introduction = 154
• Using online methods in social work research = 155
• Ethical issues in online/digital contexts = 156
• Examples of online/digital social work research = 158
• Chapter summary = 162
• Further reading = 163
• 10 Becoming a social work researcher : Building confidence as well as skills = 164
• Introduction／Summary = 164
• Producing a research proposal = 166
• Outline of headings for a research proposal = 169
• My final suggestions = 172
• Glossary of key terms = 174
• Appendices = 183
• Notes = 206
• References = 209
• Index = 224