Transmitting Social Work Values to Non-Social Work Staff: Practice into Theory
Titel:
Transmitting Social Work Values to Non-Social Work Staff: Practice into Theory
Auteur:
Chamberlain, Edna Hayes, Lawrie Kerswell, Greg Martin, Doug Landsberg, Anne
Verschenen in:
Australian social work
Paginering:
Jaargang 35 (1982) nr. 4 pagina's 27-31
Jaar:
1982-12
Inhoud:
One of the criteria which distinguishes a profession is the articulation of a knowledge base and a concern for theory-building. Hence attention to such matters is a required component of social work education, more particularly at the higher-degree level. This paper is concerned with an exercise in theory-building undertaken by a group of social work graduates pursuing Masters studies at the University of Queensland during 1979.1 The theory generated, as described in the latter part of the paper, relates to the use of intermediaries, specifically non-social work public contact staff, to achieve social work ends. The process of building theory from practice was, however, the prime objective of the exercise.