Research Methods for Generalist Social Work - Softcover

Marlow, Christine R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0840033273 ISBN 13: 9780840033277

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Synopsis

RESEARCH METHODS FOR GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK provides readers with a clear, down-to-earth introduction to the concepts of research methodology. Marlow's accessible research methods book consistently demonstrates the link between social work research and generalist social work practice, making the methodology easy to grasp. The book helps readers discover the relevance of research to social work practitioners.

About this title

About the Author:

Christine Marlow, Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico, served as Dean of Instruction at the University of New Mexico for six years. Previously, she was Professor of Social Work at New Mexico State University and the Project Director and Principal Investigator of the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NM-AGEP), a project designed to diversify the faculty in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and funded by the National Science Foundation. After completing her undergraduate work in anthropology at the University of Wales, she was employed as a social worker in Maine and later received her Masters and Ph.D from the University of Chicago. At New Mexico State University she also served as the Director of the School of Social Work and as Associate Dean of the NMSU Graduate School. Dr. Marlow has authored numerous articles, she was also a Fulbright Scholar in Zimbabwe in 1994, and in Uganda in 2002.

Review:

"This is the best undergraduate research text to date! I highly recommend it to colleagues. . ."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0840033273
• ISBN 13: 9780840033277
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 364