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  • © 1992

Applied Research for Better Practice

Part of the book series: Practical Social Work Series (PSWS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Research and Practice

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 1-15
  3. Epistemology and Theory in Social Work

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 16-34
  4. The Purposes and Values of Research

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 35-50
  5. A Methodology for the Research-minded Practitioner

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 51-68
  6. Formulating the Issues in Research-minded Practice

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 69-83
  7. Engaging with Subjects to Generate Data

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 84-100
  8. Analysing the Data of Practice

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 101-115
  9. The Practitioner—Evaluator

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 116-133
  10. Conclusion

    • Angela Everitt, Pauline Hardiker, Jane Littlewood, Audrey Mullender
    Pages 134-138
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 139-157

About this book

Addressing the alienation of practitioners from positivist and quantitative research, this book shows how research can be compatible with how practitioners collect and understand data. Drawing on research approaches that take account of subjectivity and employ participative methods, the authors develop an approach to practice for the research- minded practitioner. Whilst useful for practitioners wanting to do research, the primary intention of this book is to explore ways in which practitioners may be research-minded in their work.

About the authors

ANGELA EVERITT is Reader in Social Welfare Sudies at the Social Welfare Research Unit at Newcastle Polytechnic, and has been in social work education for many years. She is particularly interested in practitioner research and engaging with practitioners in collaborative research and evaluation projects.

PAULINE HARDIKER is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work at the University of Leicester. She has undertaken research and published in relation to probation, chronic illness, child care and social work theory.

JANE LITTLEWOOD is Lecturer in Social Policy and Administration at the Loughborough University of Technology. She has conducted research in social work issues for a number of years and has contributed to a variety of publications in this ara. She is the author of Aspects of Grief: Bereavement in Adult Life.

AUDREY MULLENDER is Director of the Centre for Applied Social Studies at the University of Durham. She is a qualified social worker, with a background in social services. She has maintained a practice involvement during her teaching career, particularly through links with the advocacy movement. She has a special interest in empowering service users, and is the co-author, with David Ward, of Self-Directed Groupwork: Users Take Action for Empowerment.

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