Postgraduate Course: Doing Social Work Research (SCWR11027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Social Work |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed with two main purposes in mind. First it seeks to help students to develop as a research-minded practitioner; and second, it will help to prepare for writing the dissertation. The assessment is one assignment in two parts linked to these twin goals.
The course will consist of six classes. These are arranged to introduce students to a number of the issues to consider when tackling the dissertation. While the dissertation is not a piece of research, it none the less builds on many of the considerations that inform good research practice.
The course builds on case studies of social work research in action. These examples are selected to highlight different research topics, different informants, different research methods, applied ethics and a comparative international perspective, in other words five dimensions that underlie any exploratory enquiry.
The case studies will illuminate good practice in day-to-day research work and introduce some of the challenges that may arise. Current PhD students in social work will present some of the studies.
Reading has been carefully selected to direct students to some of the best studies in or relevant to social work and can greatly improve student=s substantive and technical knowledge by working through the references.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Understand something of the status and history of UK social work research.
2. Be familiar with different kinds of social work research in the wider context of social science and related disciplines.
3. Be able to reflect on carrying out research on sensitive topics and/or with vulnerable people.
4. Be able to identify potential research equality impact, for example, the disproportionate incarceration of young African Americans in USA prisons.
5. Be able to discuss ethical considerations.
6.Be aware of the value of comparison, including international literature and cultural differences in research.
7.Be able to identify the stages associated with systematic enquiry.
8.Be able to develop a proposal for the dissertation and complete the assignment in two parts.
9.Design a research proposal around an agreed social work theme for a piece of qualitative inquiry to be undertaken towards the end of the programme.
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Assessment Information
The assessment is one assignment in two parts, part A and part B, of 4000 words in total.
Students must pass Part A and reach a satisfactory standard in part B to proceed to the dissertation.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Lorraine Waterhouse
Tel: (0131 6)50 3913
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Course secretary | Mrs Jane Marshall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3912
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