Research and Social Work

Educational Paradoxes and Possibilities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11214979
AutoresDavid Austin (0000-0002-8474-0246, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia), David M Austin (Professor of Social Work and Administrator, Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712)
Año1978
Volumen2
Número2
Páginas159-176
Fecha de publicación1978-03-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j079v02n02_02
OpenAlexW1705986184
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4

From the beginning there has been a strained relationship between social work practice and research. The choice of moral imperative or empirical knowledge as a base for social work has been debated for decades. The Flexner speech emphasized science as the knowledge base for a profession at a time when social workers were, in fact, establishing practice wisdom as the intellectual foundation for practice. The result has been an official commitment to research but a very limited demand from the field for actual research. In the university the research model of the sciences dominates. Research interests of social work faculty tend to reflect the science model even though the resulting research may have little relevance for practice. There is a need for a nationwide research strategy for social work which focuses primarily on the empirical study of social work practice

Empirical research · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Foundation (evidence · Knowledge base · Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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