SOCW 312: Knowledge Building for Helping Professionals

Integrates critical thinking and culturally adaptive frameworks for facilitating and understanding of how knowledge is created, the connection between research and practice, and interpreting evidence-based practice. An overview of scientific paradigms from the traditional Western theories as well as critical and post-positivist theories, and qualitative and quantitative approaches used to study and understand person-in-environment will be covered. Students will gain knowledge in the process of evidence-based practice. Offered by Social Work. Limited to three attempts.