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Course description: This is the first class of social research course for social work. The course aims to train the student to become an informed consumer as well as a knowledge creator. The course focuses on the processes of research.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
SW 690 SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
Winter, 1999 Dr. Douglas Chung Hours: By Appointment Office: 25 Commerce SW 690A: T. 3-5:50 PM Rm EC 422 Phone: 616-771-6559 SW 690B: TH. 6-8:50 PM Rm EC 417 SW 690C: T. 12-2:50 PM Rm EC 313 SW 690D : Mon. 6-8:50 PM MCC
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION
II. COURSE GOALS
The overriding goal in the course is to train students to become informed consumers and knowledge producers of research in the social work profession. Students will be provided the opportunity to use professional journals, emphasizing the criteria and standards which can be used for assessing the soundness of research methods and studies relevant to various practice concerns in social work. Other goals include the following:
At the conclusion of the course, students will:
A. Related to Knowledge
1. View research as a way of thinking and problem- solving in social work practice.
2. Understand formal elements of the scientific method.
3. Understand steps in the process of social science research.
4. Comprehend the relationship between the scientific method, the process of social science research, and social work practice.
5. Comprehend the roles and relationships between design, measurement, statistics, and the use of computers in practice-based research.
6. Be familiar with major research efforts in selected fields of social work practice, especially in relation to populations-at-risk, i.e. the aged, minorities of color and women.
7. Be familar with facilitants and barriers to conducting social work research in the social context of populations-at-risk.
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