SOCIAL-WORK RESEARCH - PRIORITIES AND OBSTACLES
SOCIAL-WORK RESEARCH - PRIORITIES AND OBSTACLES
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DOI:
10.1177/104973159400400307
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发表时间:
1994-07-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
GAMBRILL, E
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作者:
GAMBRILL, E
Priorities for social work research are suggested and obstacles discussed Clarifying the goals of research is suggested as a first step. Success in helping clients prevent or resolve real-life problems is suggested as a key purpose of knowledge development in professions such as social work Priorities identified include diffusion of successful programs, developing effective education programs, intervention research (especially programmatic research), increasing the quality of scholarship, and training in critical thinking and related knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Other priorities discussed include networking among those working in a given area and increasing skills in grant preparation. Obstacles identified include funding priorities, different definitions of knowledge, lack of understanding and misrepresentation of science, competing contingencies, and seduction by theory. Others suggested include the prevalence of pathologies of science, different goals, and the search for a unique knowledge base. Educational implications are discussed.