Open AccessTypes of Knowledge, Forms of Practice
Author(s) -
Margaret ArndCaddigan,
Richard Pozzuto
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2008.1606
Subject(s) - conceptualization , ethnography , thematic analysis , participant observation , sociology , epistemology , psychology , social work , social psychology , practice theory , qualitative research , social science , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , anthropology , economics , economic growth
This study was designed to explore the way that us e of theory influenced a social worker’s conceptualization of a simulated case. The participant in this case study was a woman employed in child welfare, who holds an MSW. She was chosen because her response in a larger study represented a deviant case. Data analysis included both thematic analysis and an analysis of a written report based on ideas taken from institutional ethnography. The authors use this case example to illustrate the ways that one’s understanding of theory may impact social work practice.