The Practice of Research in Social Work

by Rafael J. Engel, Russell K. Schutt

Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, the Third Edition of the popular text, The Practice of Research in Social Work , by Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. It introduces students to the study of research in social work and to the contributions made to our understanding of what is effective social work practice. Additionally, the Third Edition is designed to directly and indirectly help students achieve the six core competencies identified by CSWE as essential to competency-based education , including research (2.1.6), ethical principles (2.1.2), critical thinking (2.1.3), engage diversity (2.1.4), advance human rights (2.1.5), and evaluation (2.1.10(d)).

Genres: Social Work, School, Psychology, Textbooks

504 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2005

Reviews

[Jordan Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A thrilling read this was not.

[Deborah Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I searched hard to find a text that would work best for the graduate class I teach in co-occurring disorders. This was by far the best I found as it includes all the research basics my students need to know along with Evidence based practice which was really hard to find.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really informative book with a lot of good examples that make the information intelligible. I had to read it for a class, and can't imagine anyone reading it for fun, but who knows?

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very thorough and broke down complicated concepts in an easy-to-digsest manner

[Jon De · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good research book. Some chapters are to long, but most is straight to the point.