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Making Research Work Dorota Iwaniec

Making Research Work By Dorota Iwaniec

Making Research Work by Dorota Iwaniec


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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.

Making Research Work Summary

Making Research Work: Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice by Dorota Iwaniec

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 aeo undertaking single--case design research aeo appraising current child care literature and official statistics aeo accessing hidden or hard--to--reach populations aeo dissemination aeo establishing a research centre aeo preparing a research proposal to submit to a funding body aeo commissioning and funding research This book s practical approach and unique focus will appeal to practitioners, researchers, policy makers and students seeking to understand and enhance the relationship of research to policy and practice in the child care context.

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"a solid overview of issues relevant to agency--based research in child care." "..provides a useful complement to the specialised research literature." ----European Journal of Social Work, Volume 3/2, 2000

About Dorota Iwaniec

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.

Table of Contents

THE RELATIONSHIP OF RESEARCH TO POLICY AND PRACTICE. Research and Development Strategies in the National Health Service and Personal Social Services in the United Kingdom (D. Iwaniec). The Impact of Research on Policy and Practice: A Systemic Perspective (J. Pinkerton). The Influence of Research on Child Care Policy and Practice: The Case of a Children Who Waita and the Development of the Permanence Movement in the United Kingdom (G. Kelly). CHILD CARE RESEARCH: SOME CHALLENGING CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS. Evidencing Effectiveness: The Use of Single--Case Designs in Child Care Work (K. Dillenburger). Literature Reviewing: Towards a More Rigorous Approach (K. Higgins J. Pinkerton). The Importance of and Difficulties with Official Statistics: A Case Study of Child Care Data (V. Switzer). Researching Hidden Populations(K. Higgins). Child Participatory Research: Ethical and Methodological Considerations (C. McAuley). Developing a Strategy for Disseminating Research Findings (M. Monteith). PROMOTING AND SECURING A BASIS FOR RESEARCH. Preparing a Research Proposal for Funding Purposes (P. McCrystal). Commissioning Research (M. Monteith). Who and How to Approach Regarding Research Sponsoring (P. McCrystal). Promoting Research Through the Establishment of Research Centres (D. Iwaniec). Index.

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GOR008791154
9780471979524
047197952X
Making Research Work: Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice by Dorota Iwaniec
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
1998-09-25
308
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