Social Work, Knowledge and Social Responsibility

Maas, Henry S.

doi:10.1080/00220612.1968.10671796

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“…With regard to science and learning, scholarly opinions abound, ranging from concerns that social work has no distinct knowledge base of its own (Bartlett, 1970;Sainsbury, 1982) to concerns that social work has divorced itself from social science research and has no social work research base of its own (Maas, 1968;Zimbalist, 1977). This ongoing debate continues in Canada, where it has been shown to have created an even wider gap in terms of differences in the educational milieu.…”

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Is Social Work a Profession? The Canadian Response

Holosko

Leslie

2001

Research on Social Work Practice

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This article presents an analysis of social work in Canada regarding Flexner’s perception of our professional status. It presents an overview of the content of social work practice, highlighting the uniqueness of Canada’s social welfare system. It argues that Canadian social welfare has characteristics that distinguish it from social welfare in its U.S. neighbor to the south and that such features need to be understood and identified prior to considering the professional or semiprofessional status of social work in Canada.

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