Postgraduate Course: Doing Social Work Research (SCWR11027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed to meet the requirements of the Framework for Social Work Education in Scotland, in particular the requirement to demonstrate competence in evaluating and using up-to-date knowledge of, and research into, social work practice. The course has two main purposes: first of all to enable to students to develop as research-minded practitioners; and second to enable students to prepare a research proposal for their Masters dissertation. The assessment is one formative and one summative assignment, linked to these twin goals.
The course consists of eight two hour classes. It includes lectures, case studies of social work research in action and exercises. The research introduced across the course highlights different research topics, methods and approaches to social work research. Members of academic staff contribute examples from their own research to introduce research themes and insights into the research process. This introduces students to the research being carried out in the social work subject area, thus emphasising the research led nature of social work education at the University.
Course reading has been carefully selected to direct students to some of the best studies in or relevant to social work. Students are able to widen their substantive social work research knowledge and their knowledge of research methods by consulting this reading.
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| Course description |
See above information
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | This course is only available to MSW Social Work students (PTSOWRK). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the theory and practice of research design in social work research
- Critically engage with and evaluate social work research and practice
- Understand the principles of small scale interview research design and practice
- Develop robust and feasible research proposals
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
4 hour(s) per week for 4 week(s). |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr George Palattiyil
Tel: (0131 6)50 3907
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Course secretary | Mr Joe Burrell
Tel: (0131 6) 51 3892
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