A Science of Social Work? Response to John Brekke

Autor/in	Shaw, Ian
Titel	A Science of Social Work? Response to John Brekke
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 24 (2014) 5, S.524-526 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731514543408
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Social Work; Social Sciences; Communities of Practice; Educational Practices; Educational Objectives; Scientific Enterprise; Intellectual Disciplines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Arbeit; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Community; Bildungspraxis; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Geisteswissenschaften
Abstract	I take the opportunity provided by John Brekke's (2012) article to respond to the general assumptions and approaches that may be brought when considering the question of a science of social work. I consider first, what should be our frames of reference, our communities of interest, or our boundaries of inclusion, for such a discussion? Second, in what sense, and at what level, is agreement on epistemology and ontology essential to the social work as science project? Third, in what sense do we think social work is or should be regarded as a discipline? I conclude that we should be bringing social work to bear on science just as persistently as we should do the converse. But the quest for a science of social work seems to me far less imaginative or far-reaching. (As Provided).
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