SWK (0404) 847 - Practice Based Research in Social Work: Approaches and Applications

Credits: 3.00

This course will enhance students’ knowledge, skills and experience in conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and disseminating Practice Based Research in social work/human service contexts. Practice Based Research has roots and connections with other social work approaches, including empowerment-based practice, radical social work, narrative social work, participatory research, and community development.

Repeatable: No Grade Type: Regular
Free Note: Enrollment is restricted to matriculated PhD students in social work.

Course Learning Goals: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Critically review, compare and assess research and other empirical sources related to Practice Based Research.
Identify, describe, and critically review research strategies for Practice Based Research, and explore appropriate strategies for studying issues of importance to clients, staff and other constituents.
Address ethical dilemmas and understand values and beliefs related to working with communities of clients, staff and community members.
Examine evidence of racism, paternalism, and other oppressive practices that emerge in organizations and the research process, in order to strive for partnerships that foster socially just and anti-oppressive practice and research.
Explore and utilize theoretical and methodological constructs related to participation, inclusion and equity, as part of the Practice Based Research collaborative design process.
Plan and apply aspects of Practice Based Research in students’ organizational settings, across a variety of field and practice interventions
Explore opportunities to present and publish work generated in this class to enhance skills and advance professional standing.