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SOCWORK 734A - Professional Social Work Research in Practice

  • Course description

    15 points

    Following the logic of social work practice and evidence-informed interventions, students will examine relevant social work research literature and common approaches. They will critically apply ethical research and practice principles to problem definition, literature review, research strategies, proposals and design, and evaluation of evidence, culminating in a robust evidence-based approach to practice.


    Course director
    Christa Fouche


  • Learning outcomes

    At the completion of this course, it is intended that students will be able to:
    • Apply knowledge and understanding of research approaches and processes to the social work practice environment.
    • Identify sources of practice data routinely collected in a range of social work settings, and develop rationale and strategies for accessing and analysing those data to advance practitioner knowledge.
    • Develop an understanding of major approaches to the analysis of quantitative and qualitative forms of data, and practice the application of those skills using the data analysis software applications, SPSS and NVivo.
    • Demonstrate a practical appreciation of the relationship in both quantitative and qualitative research between theory, research design, analysis, and reporting.

  • Delivery modes

    Block Intensive (intensive on campus days)

  • Currently scheduled classes

    2018 Epsom (Semester 1): Thursdays 2hr Lec on 1st, 10th, 22nd March, 26th April, 10th, 17th and 31st May from 1:00pm-3:00pm and 3hr workshops on Thursdays 15th, 29th March, 19th April, 13th April, 3rd and 24th May from 1-4pm

  • Take this course

    This course can be taken as a taught course in the following programmes:

  • School

    Counselling, Human Services, and Social Work



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