Theory Building in Social Work

✍ Scribed by Gordon Hearn

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 1958
Tongue: English
Leaves: 95
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This is essentially a book about theory building. Instead of actually presenting theory, it suggests and illustrates a particular way in which the social work profession, or any of the other service professions, might pursue the task of developing theory to refine its mode of practice.

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
Part I THE THEORY BUILDING PROCESS
Chapter I. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter II. THEORY BUILDING
Chapter III. THE PATTERN OF THEORY BUILDING IN SOCIAL WORK
Part II THEORY BUILDING IN SOCIAL WORK
INTRODUCTION
Chapter IV. PHILOSOPHICAL BASE
Chapter V. SYSTEM: THE CENTRAL CONSTRUCT
Chapter VI. JUSTIFICATION, EVALUATION, MODIFICATION
Chapter VII. PROMISE AWAITING FULFILMENT
INDEX

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