Today, there is tension between "big data" research and in-depth studies of lives. This article provides a background on in-depth studies where researchers seek to understand individual lives in all of their variations. In-depth research has a long and rich history. It respects the dignity and worth of persons and it builds understandings through relationships. Big data studies shows general tendencies of a relatively small number of variables, but cannot account for the complex meanings that persons experience in their daily lives. Both types of research provide important information.
In this collection, the author shows off her one-star reviews on Amazon Kindle. One woman gave one-star review that consisted of a few sentences on how much her grandson loves his Kindle reader and how she was disappointed this wasn't a children's book she could read with him. The author was delighted that the boy likes his Kindle because maybe he would buy the article his grandmother didn't like, which was about the sex education of children. A UK reader was angry because an article on women's aging body parts made her feel old. Someone else awarded one star because the author ignored the sexual abuse of boys when she did not. The author decided to make these article available as a package and see if other readers think they are as bad as these raters think.
This document is a collection of materials for the course, theory and model building in social work taught at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, in the fall of 2012. The collection contains the course syllabus, handouts, and essays on such topics as critical thinking, social work specific research, and social marketing and social work. This collection of materials will foster skills in theory and model building in social work and other applied disciplines.
Social Work Day is the great qualitative social work get-together. Held each May at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) in Urbana, IL, USA, Social Work Day attracts researchers from throughout the world. This is the premier international qualitative social work conference where scholars pre-sent cutting edge research using both traditional and innovative qualitative methods of qualitative inquiry. Norman Denzin is the director of ICQI, Dr. Denzin is emeritus Distinguished Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Jane Gilgun is the organizer of Social Work Day. Dr. Gilgun is professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.Many thanks to Austin Oswald, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, who helped organize this program.The papers are organized into panels based primarily on methods and methodologies.
Social Work Day is the great qualitative social work get-together. Held each May at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) in Urbana, IL, USA, Social Work Day attracts researchers from throughout the world. This is the premier international qualitative social work conference where scholars pre-sent cutting edge research using both traditional and innovative qualitative methods of qualitative inquiry. Norman Denzin is the director of ICQI, Dr. Denzin is emeritus Distinguished Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Jane Gilgun is the organizer of Social Work Day. Dr. Gilgun is professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.Many thanks to Austin Oswald, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, who helped organize this program.The papers are organized into panels based primarily on methods and methodologies.
Social Work Day is the great qualitative social work get-together. Held each May at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) in Urbana, IL, USA, Social Work Day attracts researchers from throughout the world. This is the premier international qualitative social work conference where scholars pre-sent cutting edge research using both traditional and innovative qualitative methods of qualitative inquiry. Norman Denzin is the director of ICQI, Dr. Denzin is emeritus Distinguished Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.Jane Gilgun is the organizer of Social Work Day. Dr. Gilgun is professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.Many thanks to Austin Oswald, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, who helped organize this program.The papers are organized into panels based primarily on methods and methodologies.
Violence is logical to perpetrators, but senseless to outsiders. Most enjoy their violent acts. Based on in-depth interviews with violent persons, this book answers the question, "Why do they do it?" and draws lessons for prevention from what perpetrators themselves say. The four sections of the book covers what violence means to perpetrators, the development of violent behaviors, accountability, and prevention. Violence prevention requires the promotion of trusting relationships, prosocial means of self-regulation, and prosocial beliefs such as promoting the best interests of others.
The CASPARS are a set of five clinical assessment tools that measure client risks and strengths. They are based upon clinical experience, research and theory on risk and resilience, and interviews with families and children who have experienced adversities. They have excellent psychometric properties and are adaptable to a variety of clinical situations. The tools were tested on children and families where the children were 12 or younger. The tools are emotional expressiveness, family relationships, peer relationships, sexuality, and family embeddedness in the community.
This is the first edition of the NEATS. A third edition is available. The third edition is much longer and has several new chapters on applications of the NEATS to cases and to common childhood issues. The NEATS is a child and family assessment that directs practitioner attention to five areas of human development and functioning that research has established as fundamental. These areas are neurobiology, executive function, attachment, trauma, and self-regulation. The title NEATS draws from the first letter of each of the five areas. The assessment is competency-based and ecological. It guides practitioners to identify resources, strengths, compe-tencies, and resilience within the ecologies in which children and families live their lives. The final chapter of this books shows how to use a NEATS assessment with autism spectrum disorders. A must book for parents and professionals.
Anger is an important emotion. It fosters communication and builds relationships when expressed appropriately. What counts is what kids do when they are angry. The exercises in this workbook show kids how to express anger so that they communicate effectively, feel better, and do l not hurt others or themselves. This workbook is for professionals and parents to help children develop skills in anger management.
Church policies hurt women and girls. This collection of five essays and two poems examines these issues and shows that God loves girls and women no matter what. It's time Roman Catholic Church officials thought through the effects of their polices and beliefs.
IN THIS BOOK, PROFESSOR JANE GILGUN proposes a theory of being a shit and tests it on a variety of stories. She ends with a revised theory and in the process discovers principles of how to build bridges after you have done something unkind and dishonest. Read this book and you will be ready to dethrone the next person who dumps on you. For those who aspire to be shits, this book is a step-by-step guide. For those who want to be accountable, this book shows how. A great gift for put-upon relatives and friends and a humorous hint to troublesome people in your life. This book also shows how to do qualitative theory-testing, helpful to graduate students and seasoned researchers. Another version uses asterisks in key places and is at www.lulu.com/content/2239317
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