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New Social Workers and Practice Data: Publishing Your Program Evaluation Findings

“Don’t I need a Ph.D. to publish?” and “Don’t journal articles only come from authors associated with a university?” The answers are a resounding “no” and “no.” more

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The Brain Museum - A Social Worker's Story for Halloween

One of the guards rattled his giant ring of old keys and asked me if I wanted to see "the brain museum." Seriously. I'd heard rumors about this peculiar collection of cranial content, but the potential reality had thus far only been that: a rumor. more

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Dispelling the Myth That "Those Who Can't Do, Teach"

I am sure that the phrase, "Those who can’t do, teach," is not exclusive to the social work discipline, but from the conversations I’ve had with other students in my field, I’d say that academia is not usually the objective for most. more

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Ethics Scenario #52: Prentiss-Gabe Foundation

This ethics scenario looks at the ethics of using prospect research data that uncovers a criminal background of a wealthy, prominent donor to leverage increased donations from that donor. more

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10 Benefits of Student Participation in Undergraduate Social Work Research

Undergraduate research can be incredibly beneficial to social work students. Students may feel too busy to take on the burden of another obligation, but a research project is worth the added responsibility. more

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Lessons Learned From Conducting Research

Conducting research provides students a potential method for learning and exploring a topic of interest. A Foundation of Human Services Honors class did just that: they learned about and explored a topic of interest—the impact of divorce. more

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Conducting an Open-Ended Interview

Many of my students have found the interviewing process to be a very positive experience. In an open-ended interview, conversation flows in a natural and spontaneous way; the researcher has the opportunity to ask questions that occur to him or her as more

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The Evolution of a Social Work Researcher

Research is a critical tool for all social workers. The process of becoming a researcher should start during social work education. This article will discuss, from the perspective of an undergraduate social work student and her professor, the more

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Theory or Bust: A Doctoral Student's Insight on the Role of Theory in Education and Research

I would say it is perhaps the most important assignment I have been directed to produce; my personal journey with theory is the essence of the assignment. Yes, theory, that awful word that pops out of every professor’s mouth, a word that many student more

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Considerations in Writing a Literature Review

Is your social work research paper due? This article will take you through steps to write a literature review. more

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Research: Six- and Seven-Year-Old Children and Their Families

Family is the most important factor of socialization for a number of reasons. It provides the settings for primary socialization and is responsible for accomplishing this process. Family provides the earliest human contact for an infant and has more

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To Once and Future Research Students

Now I teach research. One evening, one of my very bright MSW students looked frustrated. I asked if there was something she didn’t understand. "No," she answered, "I just don’t see why I’ll ever need this." I made the same pained expression my Policy more

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