Social Work : Seeking Relevancy in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN-13: 9780789010506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 170 str.

Roland G. Meinert

Opis

Social Work: Seeking Relevancy Beyond the Postmodern Era critically examines major issues that social work education and practice must confront if social work is to remain as a mainline profession. As a social work student or professional, you will be exposed to issues in social work that normally are not covered in mainline social work literature such as the use of hypertechnology, the disjuncture of science and social work, problems with social work theories, and the challenge of reconstructing the social work profession. This important book examines these issues and offers an analysis to assist you with taking social work into the next millennium.

Spis treści

Contents

•  Chapter 1. Beyond Postmodernism: The Challenge of Reconstructing the Social Work Profession
• Flexner Revisited
• The Status of Knowledge
• Ideological Captivity
• The Myth of Values
• Professional Ethnocentricity
• Postmodernism and other “isms”
• Social Work and Social Policy
• Status of Social Work Education
• Summing Up the Challenges
• Chapter 2. Crisis in Social Work Theory: Can a New Spirit for Social Work Be Constructed out of the Shattered Grand Narratives of the Past?
• Decline of Grand Narratives
• Understanding Grand Narratives in Social Work
• Prolegomena for a New Spirit for Social Work
• Summary
• Chapter 3. The Disjuncture of Science and Social Work
• Uneasy Relationships Between Social Work and Science
• The Ecological Worldview
• Objectivism Versus Constructivism: Social Work's Uneasy Relationships
• Research Training and Education
• The Social Work Literature
• Science-Driven Practice
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Hypertechnology in Social Work
• Why Do We Have Hypermodern Technology in Social Work?
• Offices Without Walls and Distance-Spanning Innovations
• Computers, the Internet, and Related Hypertechnology
• What Is Wrong with Hypertechnology in Social Work?
• What Should We Do As Educators/Practitioners?
• Is Community Possible?
• Chapter 5. Social Work Education: From Metanarrative to Curricular Variety
• Historical Background
• A Success Story
• BSW and MSW Curricular Tension
• The BSW Curricular Conundrum
• Concentrations Without Boundaries
• Contextual Issues
• Program Selectivity
• Student Preference
• Faculty Resource Disparity
• Gender and Diversity Issues
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Chapter 6. Tough Medicine: What Needs To Be Done
• Toward a Scientific Social Work
• Scientific Practice
• Axioms of Scientific Practice
• A Scientifically Based Theory of Social Work Practice
• Behaving Like Other Academics
• Improving Social Work Editorial Boards
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 7. Critical Issues for the Twenty-First Century
• References
• Index

O autorze

Jean A Pardeck, Roland Meinert and Larry W Kreuger