ReeshMeth week 2 blog on chapters one and two
Chapter 1
Thesis: Social workers are accountable to the society that they work in and the clients that they serve and must acquire and use knowledge to aid them.
Evidence:
1. The knowledge a social worker must use comes from a variety of sources while understanding the changes different kinds of sources create. "one of the many ways to enhance our accountability is for you to become fully aware how you actually go about obtaining the necessary knowledge you will use to help your client system" (Grinnell 5) Before you can help someone it is necessary to know that the knowledge you are using to do so is true and not some kind of fabrication as that could result in making things worse.
2.A social worker has to be honest as it is useless if you fit all that other characteristics if you constantly lie or change results to suite your needs or ideas."If dishonesty means a deliberate intention to deceive, then probably very few researchers are dishonest." (Grinnell 13) This deliberate deception is much more dangerous then the accidental kind as if it is an honest mistake it can be corrected but if it is not then that will never happen.
Chapter 2
Thesis: Chapter two deals with how to go about formulating and evaluate the questions we need to ask as social workers in terms of research and the different knowledge levels that research studies can take
Evidence:
1. Their are three levels of knowledge questions each depending on how much we already know. "How much we know determines the purpose of the study. If you don't know anything, for example, you will merely want to explore the research area, gathering basic data." (Grinnell 39) Each level requires a different amount of knowledge to move on to the next one and need different kinds of studies to acquire that knowledge.
2. When asking questions their are many different things that need to be considered when formulating the question ranging from our occupation to the social problem we wish to change. "their are six factors that indirectly or directly affect the formulation of a social work research question." (Grinnell 32) All of these factors must be considered when formulating a question for research.
3. Their are several criteria for a good research question as any question can be asked but most of them can not actually be answered. "If your research question doesn't pass muster on all four criteria it's worthless and must be discarded" The four criteria are Relivent, Ethical and Culturally Acceptable, Feasible, and Researchable.
Question: When formulating a research question would it not be for the best to ask more then one?
Chapter 1
Thesis: Social workers are accountable to the society that they work in and the clients that they serve and must acquire and use knowledge to aid them.
Evidence:
1. The knowledge a social worker must use comes from a variety of sources while understanding the changes different kinds of sources create. "one of the many ways to enhance our accountability is for you to become fully aware how you actually go about obtaining the necessary knowledge you will use to help your client system" (Grinnell 5) Before you can help someone it is necessary to know that the knowledge you are using to do so is true and not some kind of fabrication as that could result in making things worse.
2.A social worker has to be honest as it is useless if you fit all that other characteristics if you constantly lie or change results to suite your needs or ideas."If dishonesty means a deliberate intention to deceive, then probably very few researchers are dishonest." (Grinnell 13) This deliberate deception is much more dangerous then the accidental kind as if it is an honest mistake it can be corrected but if it is not then that will never happen.
3. In social work it is impotent to keep in mind we are always learning through out our entire life. "A research base within our profession will not guarantee its public acceptance." (Grinnell 28) It is critical that we adapt to the current society that we live in and apply what we learn to it.
Question:Is knowledge we use a universal truth between cultures or is it dependent on what kind of society we live in? Chapter 2
Thesis: Chapter two deals with how to go about formulating and evaluate the questions we need to ask as social workers in terms of research and the different knowledge levels that research studies can take
Evidence:
1. Their are three levels of knowledge questions each depending on how much we already know. "How much we know determines the purpose of the study. If you don't know anything, for example, you will merely want to explore the research area, gathering basic data." (Grinnell 39) Each level requires a different amount of knowledge to move on to the next one and need different kinds of studies to acquire that knowledge.
2. When asking questions their are many different things that need to be considered when formulating the question ranging from our occupation to the social problem we wish to change. "their are six factors that indirectly or directly affect the formulation of a social work research question." (Grinnell 32) All of these factors must be considered when formulating a question for research.
3. Their are several criteria for a good research question as any question can be asked but most of them can not actually be answered. "If your research question doesn't pass muster on all four criteria it's worthless and must be discarded" The four criteria are Relivent, Ethical and Culturally Acceptable, Feasible, and Researchable.
Question: When formulating a research question would it not be for the best to ask more then one?
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