Practice wisdom in social work
An uncommon sense in the intersubjective encounter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12605997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung (0000-0002-7837-282X, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 619-629 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691457.2016.1255592 |
| OpenAlex | W2551329422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 65 |
Social work is not, and should not be, a practice of common sense. The author revisited a vast array of literature on practice wisdom in social work and parallel conceptions in cognate disciplines. For better or worse, the idea of practice wisdom has been revitalized in standing against the deprofessionalization of social work. However, its ambiguity in meaning has somehow overridden its reputation. Practice wisdom is intuitive, tacit, and spontaneous in nature. It is an embodied phronesis of experienced practitioners. The author argues that practice wisdom in social work is not only the wisdom of analytical experience, but it is also the wisdom or a quality characterized by courtesy, kindness, consideration, compassion, and benevolence. It is uniquely uncommonsensical and has to be cultivated through the intersubjective encounter between the practitioner and service user
Ambiguity · Compassion · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Kindness · Meaning (existential · Phronesis · Quality (philosophy · Reputation · Social practice · Social science · Sociology · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Finding Joy in Social Work
Death, dying and bereavement care during Covid-19
Building aspiration when working with homeless young people in the UK
From knowledge to the heart
Using intuition in social work decision making
A Covid-19 Level Overreaction Is Needed for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Tapping into Practice Wisdom through Research
Respite care from the child’s perspective – The Support Family Intervention in Finland
Responses to Covid-19 in Major Social Work Journals
What Makes Social Work an Art
Group decision-making theories for child and family social work
How social workers face ethical dilemmas? Strategies of resolution and associated variables
Practitioner Wisdom
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
The Tacit Dimension
Tacit Knowledge, Organizational Learning and Societal Institutions
The reflective practitioner
Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good
Critique of Judgment
Aristotle on the Common Sense
How Far Is Distance Learning From Education
Mind over machine
Radical Social Work Today
Sustainable social work
Knowing what we know about knowledge in social work
Kairos and practice wisdom in social work practice
Shaping Social Work Science
The Coming Crisis in Social Work
Social Work as an Action Science
Evidence-Based Practice at a Crossroads
A model of professional knowledge for social work practice
English Social Work at the Crossroads
From Socrates to expert systems
In search of phronesis
Practitioners as Rule Using Analysts
Social Work at the Crossroads
Knowledge and Reasoning in Social Work
Revisiting the Knowledge Base of Social Work
Relationship-Based Social Work and Its Compatibility with the Person-Centred Approach
Finding Joy in Social Work II
Practice Wisdom
The Nature of Knowledge in Social Work
What Good Is Soft Evidence
Perspectives on Neoliberalism for Human Service Professionals
A Historical Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work
Unraveling “Tacit Knowledge”
The Development of Practice Wisdom through Human Problem-solving Processes
Tacit knowledge in social work research and practice
The implications of neoliberalism for social work
The nature of practice wisdom in social work revisited
Sociology's Emotions
Epistemology, evidence and experience
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |