“如果没有写下来,那就没有发生过”:当代社会工作是一个写作密集型职业

Q2 Arts and Humanities
T. Lillis, Maria Leedham, A. Twiner
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引用次数: 12

摘要

社会工作写作,通常被称为“记录”或“文书工作”,经常是评论和公共媒体报道批评的目标。然而,尽管提出了许多批评及其在社会工作实践中的意义,但对专业社会工作写作的实证研究却很少。本文借鉴了英国esrc资助的一项研究结果,为当代社会工作中写作的性质和功能提供了一个基线特征。根据文本和民族志数据,本文提出了三个关键维度:书面文本的数量,关键文本功能和体裁;“文本工作”构成日常社会工作专业实践的具体方式,使用来自成人、儿童和心理健康领域的案例研究;以及社会工作者对他们需要花在写作上的时间的担忧。基线特征为社会工作实践日益官僚化的说法提供了经验证据,表明当代社会工作是一种“写作密集型”职业,与社会工作者的专业“想象”不一致。论文最后概述了基线特征的教育和政策含义,并呼吁就当代社会工作实践的性质进行辩论。
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‘If it’s not written down it didn’t happen’: Contemporary social work as a writing-intensive profession
Social work writing, often referred to as ‘recording’ or ‘paperwork’, is frequently the target of criticism in reviews and public media reporting. However, despite the many criticisms made and its significance in social work practice, little empirical research has been carried out on professional social work writing. This paper draws on findings from an ESRC-funded study in the UK to offer a baseline characterization of the nature and function of writing in contemporary social work. Drawing on text and ethnographic data, the paper foregrounds three key dimensions: the number of written texts, key textual functionalities and genres; the specific ways in which ‘text work’ constitutes everyday social work professional practice, using case studies from the domains of adults, children and mental health; and the concerns by social workers about the amount of time they are required to spend on writing. The baseline characterization provides empirical evidence for claims made about the increased bureaucratisation of social work practice, signalling contemporary social work as a ‘writing intensive’ profession which is at odds with social workers’ professional ‘imaginary’. The paper concludes by outlining the educational and policy implications of the baseline characterization and calls for debate about the nature of contemporary social work practice.
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice was launched in 2004 (under the title Journal of Applied Linguistics) with the aim of advancing research and practice in applied linguistics as a principled and interdisciplinary endeavour. From Volume 7, the journal adopted the new title to reflect the continuation, expansion and re-specification of the field of applied linguistics as originally conceived. Moving away from a primary focus on research into language teaching/learning and second language acquisition, the education profession will remain a key site but one among many, with an active engagement of the journal moving to sites from a variety of other professional domains such as law, healthcare, counselling, journalism, business interpreting and translating, where applied linguists have major contributions to make. Accordingly, under the new title, the journal will reflexively foreground applied linguistics as professional practice. As before, each volume will contain a selection of special features such as editorials, specialist conversations, debates and dialogues on specific methodological themes, review articles, research notes and targeted special issues addressing key themes.
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