{"product_id":"practising-social-work-research-case-studies-for-learning-second-edition-paperback-softback-9781487520151","title":"Practising Social Work Research; Case Studies for Learning, Second Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487520151","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePractising Social Work Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCase Studies for Learning, Second Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRick Csiernik (Author), Rachel Birnbaum (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487520151\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 31 figures\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 19.1 x 2 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is written in a simple, straightforward style with little jargon. It is aimed at students, not academicians or researchers, and it is easily readable and comprehensible. The authors\u0026amp;#x2019; social constructionist perspective will appeal to students and qualitative method instructors in particular. It stresses experiential learning, understanding through dialogue, empowerment of students, and the sharing of power between students and instructors… Used for course assignments and class discussions, the real world case studies speak directly to the interests of our students, and should immediately engage them. - Marsha Schwam-Harris, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Teaching in Social Work\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe strength of the approach used by these authors is that discussion of research methods and concepts are grounded in the case example providing opportunity for social work students to connect the abstract discussion of research concepts and theory to information contained in the case examples … The book is useful to social work students… [and] can also be used effectively by instructors, as the discussion questions embedded in each section could be used for small group work and discussion in the classroom …The case study approach is an effective means to read, learn, and teach research methods.\u003c\/p\u003e - Judy Hughes, \u003cem\u003eSocial Work Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch skills are as critical to social work practitioners as skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and community development. Adopting strategies similar to those used in direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social work practice, and in so doing promotes an understanding and appreciation of the research process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003ePractising Social Work Research\u003c\/i\u003e comprises twenty-three case studies that illustrate different research approaches, including quantitative, qualitative, single-subject, and mixed methods. Six are new to this edition, and examine research with First Nations, organizing qualitative data, and statistics. Through these real-life examples, the authors demonstrate the processes of conceptualization, operationalization, sampling, data collection and processing, and implementation. Designed to help the student and practitioner become more comfortable with research procedures, \u003ci\u003ePractising Social Work Research \u003c\/i\u003ecapitalizes on the strengths that social work students bring to assessment and problem solving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. INTRODUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Case Study Method\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Research Process\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. PROBLEM SOLVING: BRIEF CASE STUDIES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteps in the Process of Research　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentifying the Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 1: Research and the Media: What Are You Being Told? Ethics: Ensuring No Harm Comes to Participants\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 2: A Question of Ethics: Willowbrook \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 3: Another Question of Ethics: Studying HIV\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 4: Ethical Issues of Obtaining Consent to Interview Children in Post- Separation Disputes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 5:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRespectful Ethical Research Practice: Working with First Nations, Inuit Innu and Metis Peoples \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparation: Conceptualizing, Operationalizing and Sampling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 6: Understanding Ideas and Counting Them \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 7: Implementing a Pilot Project: A Question of Sampling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 8: Who Do You Ask? Sampling in a Qualitative Context Research Methods\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 9: Criminal Justice Issues in Social Work Research: The Search for Causality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 10: Psychometric Properties: How Should We Measure?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 11: The Validity of Research\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 12: The Application of Quasi-experimental Design in Social Work Research\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 13: The Power of One: Single-Case Study Design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 14: One More: Another Example of Single-Case Study Design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 15: Asking Questions Properly: An Examination of Questionnaire Design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 16: Asking Questions in Child Advocacy: Which Approach Is Best For Children? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 17: What Does it All Mean? Qualitative Interviewing with Children About Their Views and Experiences of Family Justice Professionals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 18: Q \u0026amp; Q: Employing Both a Qualitative and a Quantitative Approach\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 19: On PAR: Engaging and Empowering Clients through Participatory Action Research Data Collection and Statistical Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 20: Measuring Client Satisfaction: Do They Like Me?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 21:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAdding Some Numbers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 22:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDescriptive Statistics: The First Step from Guessing to Knowing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study 23:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eInferring What You Know: Selecting an Appropriate Statistical Test　\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. CRITIQUING RESEARCH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Analysis of Quantitative Research\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Analysis of Qualitative Research　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Qualitative Design: Surviving the Tornado: Psychiatric Survivor Experiences of Getting, Losing, and Keeping Housing\u003cbr\u003eCheryl Forchuk, Cathy Ward-Griffin, Rick Csiernik, and Katherine Turner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. 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