SPPd0014 Research in Social Work 1

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 11 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Elaborating project of a case study devoted to complex understanding of single case (entity, institution, organization, situation, episode, story etc.) prepared to execution
Learning outcomes
student’s experience and methodological view of researching single item with the intention to understand its complexity and unique features, and hence producing knowledge applicable to solving problems of single subject or social grouping
Syllabus
  • designing an application and theoretical problem; designing and substantiating case study research question on single item; conceptualising research question; methodology
Literature
    required literature
  • YIN, R. K. (1989). Case study research: Design and methods. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.
  • LOVELOCK, R., LYONS, K., POWEL, J. (eds.) (2004) Reflecting on Social Work – Discipline and Profession. Ashgate: Aldershot – Burlington, pp. 145–162, 163–180.
  • GILGUN, J. (1994). A case for case studies in social work research. Social Work, 39, 371–380.
  • STAKE, Robert E. The art of case study research. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1995, xv, 175. ISBN 9780803957664. info
    recommended literature
  • MUSIL, L., TALAŠOVÁ, R. (2012) Sebevýzkum jako nástroj řešení problémů práce s klientem. Sociální práce/Sociálna práca, roč. 12, č. 2, s. 75–89.
  • VERTUE, F. M., HAIG, B. D. (2008) An Abductive Perspective on Clinical Reasoning and Case Formulation. Journal of clinical psychology, Vol. 64(9), pp. 1046-1068.
  • FLAKER, V., SCHMID, T. (Hg.) (2006) Von der Idee zur Forschunsarbeit. Forschen in Sozialarbeit und Socialwissenschaften, BSB Böhlau: Wien – Köln – Weimar, pp. 55–76, 125–143, 191–222, 413–433.
  • SARANGI, S., ROBERTS. C. (Eds.) (1999) Talk, Work and Institutional Order. Discourse in Medical, Mediation and Management Settings. Mouton de Gruyer: Berlin – New York, pp. 293–322.
  • BARLOW, D. H., NOCK. M., HERSEN, M. (2009) Single Case Experimental Designs: Strategies for Studying Behaviour for Change. Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
  • BRANDELL, J. R., VARKAS, T. (2001). Narrative case studies. In: B. A. Thyer (ed.), Handbook of social work research methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 293–307.
  • RUBIN, Allen and Earl R. BABBIE. Research methods for social work. 9 e. Boston: Cengage learning, 2017, xx, 652. ISBN 9781305633827. info
Teaching methods
discussing and consulting with the teacher of the subject and the supervisor; homework; studying and interpreting relevant literature in terms of respective single case study research question; reflecting on own assumptions on the selected single item and problem connected with it; selecting and applying relevant research instruments
Assessment methods
feedback to the project of a case study devoted to complex understanding of single case
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: in blocks.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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