1 Social Work: Definition, Scope, Values and Practice in India · 1.2 Methods of social work
1.2.2 Secondary methods: social work research, welfare administration and social action
The secondary (auxiliary) methods support direct practice: social work research is the systematic investigation of problems met in social work practice, social welfare administration turns social policy into social services (Kidneigh; POSDCORB), and social action mobilises people to change policies and structures (Britto's elitist and popular models; Lees' collaboration, competition and disruption).
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Key terms
- secondary methods
- auxiliary methods
- social work research
- social research
- Friedlander
- research process
- problem formulation
- review of literature
- hypothesis
- null hypothesis
- research design
- exploratory
- descriptive
- diagnostic
- experimental
- evaluative research
- action research
- Kurt Lewin
- single-subject design
- case study
- Le Play
- social survey
- Charles Booth
- sampling
- simple random
- stratified
- cluster
- purposive
- quota
- snowball
- questionnaire
- interview schedule
- observation
- participant observation
- Likert
- Thurstone
- Bogardus
- sociometry
- pilot study
- pre-test
- reliability
- validity
- social welfare administration
- Kidneigh
- POSDCORB
- Gulick and Urwick
- Central Social Welfare Board
- Durgabai Deshmukh
- Societies Registration Act 1860
- FCRA
- social action
- Mary Richmond
- Gabriel Britto
- elitist and popular models
- conscientisation
- Paulo Freire
- Roger Lees
- collaboration competition disruption
- Saul Alinsky
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