Product Description: Social Work Research and Evaluation applies systematically developed research knowledge to social work practice and emphasizes the “doing” of social work as a reciprocal avenue for generating research evidence and social work knowledge...read more

This well-respected text balances theory and processes with skill development. The authors are active researchers, lecturers, and communication consultants. They draw on their experiences to provide students with a clear introduction to the study of small group communication. Communication in Small Groups puts theory and research into practice. A primary objective is to discuss small group communication theory and research in a way that allows the reader to apply concepts and principles to the process of communication when working as a member of a team.

Product Description: CONTENTS: Introduction; Paradigms, Theories & Methods in Research on Men's Violence in Intimate Relationships; Narratives From Children in Vulnerable Situations; The Child as a Linking Interested Party in the Negotiating Modern Family; Focus Groups with Creative Elements, PI-Interviews; Using the Vignette Method in Comparative Welfare Research; How is Methodological Emancipation Possible? Rethinking the Potentials of Multivariate Methods for Intersectional Analyses; Interactive Research: A Practical Example & a Critical Assessment; Service Provision in the Welfare State: Care-Taking, Interaction & Construction of Meaning; Everyday Lives of Older People with a Dementia: Studies of Interaction in Elder Care; Policy Language in the Care for the Aged in Japan & Sweden: Does it Reflect or Steer Ideology?; The Use of Political Terms & the Modernisation of the Welfare State; The Welfare State's 'Stepchildren': An Intersectonal Perspective on Ethnic Relations & Discrimination in Sweden...read more

Product Description: This accessible textbook provides an understandable and interactive introduction to research and evidence-based practice in health and social care. It is aimed at students in Further Education, on Foundations Degree courses and in the first year of a diploma or undergraduate programme in higher education...read more

Product Description: In this thoroughly revised and updated version, Hugh McLaughlin offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the nature of social work research. With a new introduction and the inclusion of up to date case studies, the book clearly demonstrates how research-mindedness is key to improving social work practice...read more

Product Description: This unique textbook explores practice-based research (PBR), using numerous practice examples to actively encourage and engage students and practitioners to embrace research as a meaningful support for their practice. Whilst evidence-based practice gives practitioners access to information about "universal" best practices, it does not prioritize practitioner-generated knowledge or promote new research-based interventions relevant to their own practice circumstances as PBR does...read more