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{"title":"Developing and promoting social work practice research","authors":"Sibin Wang","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2140926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2140926","url":null,"abstract":"While both practice and research in the realm of social work across the world are constantly developing, social work practice research has achieved remarkable progress due to its innovative approaches integrating of practice and research. Inspired by the increased need for effective social work research to address the dynamic and complex practice in China, Peking University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Social Work Research Centre has been committed to developing and promoting of social work practice research in recent years. The centre has already organised several international seminars on practice research and developed a series of pertinent training programmes, which have significantly advanced practice research, particularly action research in the context of China. In November 2021, an international conference entitled “Dialogue: International Conference on Social Work Practice Research” was jointly held by the centre, the Department of Sociology of Peking University and the Department of Applied Social Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A group of leading scholars who had greatly contributed to the development of social work practice research were invited to attend the conference and share their new ideas and the latest research in the field. The conference gained great success, and some speakers were invited to write their reports and publish in the China Journal of Social Work. The theme of this special issue is “Social work practice research: philosophy, ethic and practices”, which contains seven articles based on the invited talks given at the conference. The first article by Irwin Epstein was mainly inspired by the work of Greek philosopher Alexander Nehamas and conceptualised the relationship between practice and research in social work as a “virtue friendship”. It claimed that practice and research in social work did not just mutually benefit each other but also engaged together in cultivating “virtue friendship” between them. Irwin Epstein recommended that Cicero’s ever-relevant question “Cui Bono?” should be asked to evaluate the contributions of practice research to social work practice and policy. He particularly advocated using clinical data mining as an important approach to practice research in social work. It is always enlightening to see practice research in social work as a “virtue friendship”. In the second article, Martin Webber emphasised the significance of methodological pluralism in social work practice research. He used an intervention model entitled “Connecting People” as an example to illustrate the necessity of employing multiple methods to develop and evaluate social interventions. The article introduced the application of Connecting People in England and indicated that the development of the model started with a thorough understanding of the need for the intervention. To be specific, Connecting People was developed from an ethnography of social work practice and then piloted in quasi-","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"4 1","pages":"207 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79114012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and evaluation of interventions in social work practice research","authors":"M. Webber","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2114137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2114137","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Methodological pluralism is required in social work practice research to enable researchers to answer diverse practice-based questions. This is particularly the case for developing and evaluating interventions for use by social workers in multiple contexts. This paper illustrates the multiple methods required to develop and evaluate social interventions, using the example of Connecting People. The intervention model was developed from an ethnography of social work practice and piloted in a quasi-experimental study. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were used alongside a further quasi-experimental study to examine its implementation in one particular practice setting. A randomised controlled trial is currently underway to evaluate the effectiveness of the model in another country. Practice researchers need to develop expertise in multiple methods to respond flexibly to the demands of intervention development and evaluation in social work practice research.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"32 1","pages":"221 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79129967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social work theory and practice","authors":"I-Hsuan Lin","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2109809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2109809","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"50 1","pages":"324 - 326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84864600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Complex identities in ethical social work practice and research","authors":"L. Dominelli","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2107142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2107142","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Identity, a socially constructed concept, makes sense of who we are, and how we relate to others and define our places in the world, including the physical environment. Identity formation and maintenance are complex, transactional relationships negotiated through interpersonal interactions and constantly adapting to the people we meet. Identity is culturally specific and changes through exchanges between and across cultures. Identity formation is fluid, dynamic, and reproduced through interaction with others. Identity is negotiated through power relations to create feelings of “belonging” and acceptance in specific situations and locales. Being accepted as belonging establishes an individual’s and community’s entitlement to human rights in society through social inclusion and exclusion processes. Working with those who do not “belong”, social workers aware of the impact of the social construction of identity should treat people with respect and dignity and provide necessary services.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"1 1","pages":"250 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75775979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Do it yourself social research: the bestselling practical guide to doing social research projects (3rd ed.)","authors":"Yetebarek Hizekeal Zekareas, H. Ku","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2108225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2108225","url":null,"abstract":"We have chances to teach research methods for both postgraduate and undergraduate social work students in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Ethiopia. It was difficult for us to find a useful textbook for our students as they thought the book we recommended was either too difficult or boring. When we read the book Do it Yourself Social Research (Third Edition) written by Yoland Wadsworth, we felt very excited as it was very interesting, easy and practical. We decided to write the book review and recommend this book to social work students who have no confidence or are losing interest in doing social research. We hope social work students can regain their confidence and interest in learning research methods. The main purpose of the book is to provide methodological guidelines for novice researchers to guide them through a social research process with no or little support from experienced researchers. Along this line, the book’s primary audiences are individuals with high research interests but little or no previous research experience. Once Wadsworth established the primary audience for the book in the first chapter, she defined what it means to social research and its ten golden rules that range from asking genuine questions to conducting field research and communicating research findings. Then, she discussed the strategies for managing resources (people, money and time) at the researcher’s disposal. Discussions on designs, methods and techniques are followed. The book also guides how to analyse the collected data and inform human action. The latter is at the centre of the book, in which she recommended participatory action research over others. She noted, “Action research . . . places the research in a timeframe whereby, instead of a one-off, linear inquiry that ‘starts’ with questions and ‘ends’ with answers . . . it may instead be thought of as a process or series of cycles that ‘begin’ with ‘old’ action and ‘ends’ with ‘new’ action, incorporating research continuously as feedback from and to action” (113). The stress on action research might be because the author co-founded and led the Action Research Issues Centre in Melbourne, Australia. We echo her view not only because we are also action researcher but also this research approach well connects to social work professional values. To put it simply, the author takes the reader through the basics of research, including why, where and how to start; how to conduct and manage a research project; and how to communicate findings and inform human action. The book concludes by suggesting some further readings. The book has many strengths and a few limitations from our perspective. Let us begin with the strengths. From the outset, the author identified that “scientific jargons” (not science), often from the quantitative category, are among the core factors that push novice researchers away from the world of inquiry. She argued,","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"21 1","pages":"321 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77775661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From action to theory building: an action research of rural social work practice in China","authors":"H. Ku","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2107148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2107148","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In recent years, action research has gradually been accepted by social work educators and practitioners in Mainland China. Some have tried integrating action research into social work education and practice. However, many people only learn the form but do not seriously uphold the spirit of action research and understand its mission of knowledge building. Therefore, this article first introduces the key elements of participatory action research (PAR) and then uses a PAR project of rural social work as an example to demonstrate how researchers collaborate with frontline practitioners and local villagers to co-create knowledge in pursuit of a practical solution to problems of rural development in post-reform China. Finally, the paper will conclude with a theory of rural-urban alliance which has been generated in the PAR process. I hope this article will become the text for dialogues within the social work action research community in Mainland China.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"7 1","pages":"233 - 249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82120404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"乡村振兴中韧性发展的经济-社会政策与共同富裕效应 (The economic-social policy of resilient development and common prosperity in the construction of new development paradigm and Rural Revitalisation)","authors":"王 思斌","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2088053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2088053","url":null,"abstract":"摘要 乡村振兴是新发展格局建构的重要组成部分, 乡村在多大程度上得以振兴, 乡村振兴对构建国内大循环的新发展格局能够产生多大影响, 要看能在多大程度上缩小已形成的城乡过大差距, 改变农村的弱势化、边缘化状态, 以及提升农村农民参与乡村振兴的意愿和能力。由于简单的、一般化的“经济-社会政策支持”难以解决那些已经和仍在边缘化的中西部农村的振兴问题, 要实现其振兴, 必须有韧性地介入, 包括实施有韧性的政策和发展农村的坚韧力。在此背景下, 中西部乡村的振兴发展需要韧性发展的经济-社会政策。因为它是以乡村振兴为本的政策, 是能促进乡村韧性发展的经济-社会政策, 目的是促进乡村经济发展、提振乡村人气和经济社会生活。它同时还是政策群, 包括县域经济的振兴发展, 实施有利于社会发展的经济政策, 实施好公共政策和社会政策, 并使它们整合发展, 进而促进乡村的共同富裕。(Rural Revitalisation is an important part of the construction of the new development paradigm. In this context, the revitalisation and development of rural areas in the central and western regions need economic-social policies for resilience development. It is an economic and social policy focusing on Rural Revitalisation, which can promote rural resilient development with the purpose of promoting rural economic development, boosting rural popularity and raising the level of economic and social life in rural areas. It is a policy group, including the revitalisation and development of county economy, the implementation of economic policies conducive to social development, the implementation of public policies and social policies, and the mechanism of enabling them integrative development. All the above eventually contributes to the development of common prosperity of the rural.)","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"23 1","pages":"310 - 320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91310269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The economic-social policy of resilient development and common prosperity in the construction of new development paradigm and Rural Revitalisation","authors":"Sibin Wang","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2088052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2088052","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Rural Revitalisation is an important part of the construction of the new development paradigm. In this context, the revitalisation and development of rural areas in the central and western regions need economic-social policies for resilience development. It is an economic and social policy focusing on Rural Revitalisation, which can promote rural resilient development with the purpose of promoting rural economic development, boosting rural popularity and raising the level of economic and social life in rural areas. It is a policy group, including the revitalisation and development of county economy, the implementation of economic policies conducive to social development, the implementation of public policies and social policies, and the mechanism of enabling them integrative development. All the above eventually contributes to the development of common prosperity of the rural.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"86 1","pages":"294 - 309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83684621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating outcomes of social care programmes using creative study designs for service excellence","authors":"H. Lo","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2099600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2099600","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, the author has reviewed four pieces of practice research that aim to investigate the outcome of social care programmes. Special attention is given to the process where the concerns of social work practitioners and stakeholders, including academic supervisors, agency administrators, funders and policy makers involved in the dialogues. In addition to the requirement of rigour in study design, priority is given to the significance of the contribution to practice knowledge through adequately interpreting and disseminating research findings through dialogues. Based on the mapping of individual practitioner−researcher, exemplars of randomised controlled trial and clinical data mining in social care programme evaluation are selected to illustrate how they respond to the research questions in a specific practice setting.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"11 1","pages":"262 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80886853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conducting practice research","authors":"M. Austin, B. Mcbeath","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2022.2087705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2022.2087705","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The conduct of practice research is both similar and different from traditional social science and social work research. It is similar in terms of common research methods applied to essential social work practice issues. But practice research is quite different when it comes to framing and negotiating the research questions, engaging in participatory data analysis, and using research findings. This paper introduces core elements of practice research to social work scholars and researchers in relation the evolving context of social service delivery in China. This analysis features the evolving definition of practice research along with the principles that guide the conduct of practice research. Included in this discussion is a comparative analysis with other research methods and an illustrative case related to evidence-informed practice. It concludes with a discussion of considerations for scholars and researchers invested in the improvement of social services in diverse Chinese contexts.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":"222 1","pages":"270 - 286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73624009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}