Research Skills for Social Work - Couverture souple

Whittaker, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844451798 ISBN 13 : 9781844451791

Editeur : Learning Matters Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Research skills are central to successfully completing the social work degree. This title will help students develop those skills and apply them to all aspects of their work. Detailed information is included on a variety of research methods, such as focus groups, literature reviews, questionnaires and interviews, which are fundamental to students′ research projects. Packed with useful practical examples, it provides plenty of opportunity for critical examination of research methods and their outcomes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Learning Matters Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844451798
• ISBN 13: 9781844451791
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible