Students become skilled in using these techniques to analyze results of research designs used for social work research. Emphasis is on the relationship of data analysis and research design. Focus is on knowledge and theory construction, history of ideas, and knowledge-building in social work. Psychological and social science perspectives help students examine theory development in social work. Each student participates as part of a research team to design, carry out, analyze, and distribute a research project.
Students select the research topic, design, and measures for the study.
Expands knowledge learned in SOWK 810 to enhance ability to undertake significant and methodologically rigorous social work research in a substantive area. Covers the evolution of social work education as part of the American university. Attention is on seminal issues that have been of concern to social work educators and curriculum development and educational structure, rather than teaching methodologies or techniques. Introduction to qualitative research and its role in the development of social work knowledge. Covers material on paradigms underlying qualitative inquiry, basic ideas, and major methods.