LibGuides: SWR-300 v2: Lesson 5 Resources

Lesson 5 Required Resources

The Unfulfilled Promise of Scientific Inquiry in Advancing Social Work Knowledge and Practice
Dybicz, P. (2021). The unfulfilled promise of scientific inquiry in advancing social work knowledge and practice. Social Sciences and Humanities Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100117
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) clearly states that social work values multiple ways of knowing. In spite of this, scientific, evidence-based knowledge is often viewed as more valuable than other types of knowledge. This article poses a more critical view of reliance on the scientific method.
Navigating Re-entry with Older Adults Using Ecosystems Perspective and the Eco-map
Miller, V.J., Horner, B., Williams, J., Bryant, J., & Burns, J. (2021). Navigating re-entry with older adults using ecosystems perspective and the eco-map. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 60 (8), 485-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2021.2000547
Social workers create knowledge through the process of assessment. This article discusses an ecosystems approach and the ecomaps as a way of understanding clients and, by extension, ourselves.

A social work perspective on indigenous knowledges, anticolonial thought, and contemplative pedagogy: Thoughts on decolonization and resistance
Kahn, M. (2019). A social work perspective on indigenous knowledges, anticolonial thought, and contemplative pedagogy: Thoughts on decolonization and resistance. Journal of Critical Anti-Oppressive Social Inquiry, 2, 8-46.
Our anti-oppressive approach to social work education and practice requires us to examine all forms of knowledge. While social work has embraced some ways of knowing that are not based on scientific research, there is much work yet to be done. This article examines indigenous ways of knowing and makes connections to critical approaches to social work generally.