Making Research Work : Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice

Dorota Iwaniec

ISBN 10: 047197952X / ISBN 13: 9780471979524

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc Sep 1998, 1998

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Neuware - Making Research Work demonstrates how research can be fostered and applied more effectively to child care policy and practice. Drawing on a wealth of experience, current literature and government documents, the contributors present a comprehensive discussion of key contemporary issues relating to child care research. Recommendations are given for recognising and responding to both the fundamental and the specialist issues that challenge the various stages of the research process. Practical guidelines are given for.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Research Work : Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Sep 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047197952X
• ISBN 13: 9780471979524
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 162H x 19D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 162 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 512 grams

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Synopsis

Making Research Work demonstrates how research can be fostered andapplied more effectively to child care policy and practice. Drawingon a wealth of experience, current literature and governmentdocuments, the contributors present a comprehensive discussion ofkey contemporary issues relating to child care research.Recommendations are given for recognising and responding to boththe fundamental and the specialist issues that challenge thevarious stages of the research process. Practical guidelines aregiven for
* undertaking single-case design research

* appraising current child care literature and officialstatistics

* accessing hidden or hard-to-reach populations
* dissemination

* establishing a research centre

* preparing a research proposal to submit to a funding body

* commissioning and funding research
This book s practical approach and unique focus will appeal topractitioners, researchers, policy makers and students seeking tounderstand and enhance the relationship of research to policy andpractice in the child care context.

About the Author

Dorota Iwaniec is a Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute of Child Care Research at Queen's University of Belfast. She has extensive clinical and research experience of working with children and their families and, in particular, in failure to thrive, neglect, emotional abuse, and behavioural and emotional problems of children and adolescents. She has been researching failure-to-thrive children for the last 25 years and has recently completed a 20-year follow-up study. Prior to coming to Queen's University she worked as a social worker, researcher, and trainer in Leicester for nearly 30 years, both at the Social Services Department and at the Department of Child Health at Leicester Royal Infirmary.