Social work research and evaluation : examined practice for action /
Elizabeth DePoy, University of Maine, Stephen Gilson, University of Maine.
- xx, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to Examined Practice -- Problems, Issues and Needs (What, Why, How, When, Where) -- Setting Goals and Objectives for Reflexive Intervention -- Exploring Outcomes -- Sharing Examined Practice to Generate Social Work Knowledge -- Two Design Traditions and then Mixing Them -- The Role of Literature in Examined Practice -- Questions, Hypotheses and Queries: The basis for Rigor Assessment -- Design in Both Traditions -- Setting and Protecting the Boundaries of a Study -- Obtaining Information -- Analysis -- Putting the Model to Work. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"Social Work Research and Evaluation applies systematically developed research knowledge to social work practice and emphasizes the "doing" of social work as a reciprocal avenue for generating research evidence and social work knowledge. Using the Examined Practice Model, authors Elizabeth G. DePoy and Stephen F. Gilson present research as the identification of a problem and then proceed to evaluate the efficacy of social work practice in its resolution. Diverse theories, actions, and sets of evidence from a range of professional and disciplinary perspectives are included to underscore the importance of integrating evaluation and practice in research."--Publisher's website.