Toward an in-depth understanding of professional social and welfare work

Kjørstad, Monica; Solem, May-Britt

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“…The systemic practitioner requires a different type of knowledge based on the acknowledgement of child abuse as a real phenomenon, with real harmful effects, and with treatment methods aimed at the child, the abuser and the family. Such an approach is consistent with critical realism as a philosophy of science position, as it also includes the understanding that the social world is socially constructed (Bhaskar, 2010; Bhaskar & Danermark, 2006; Kjørstad & Solem, 2018; Sayer, 2011). Based on critical realism, systemic practitioners must therefore apply a dual perspective where, for example, diagnoses are regarded as social constructs while recognising that there are also children and adults with mental health problems.…”

Section: Interactive Constructivism and Critical Realismmentioning

confidence: 84%

Taking empirical evidence seriously v.2.0¹

Tilden,

Solem,

Thuen

et al. 2024

Journal of Family Therapy

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This article discusses the status and challenges related to the basic perspective of knowledge and science in systemic practice. This article points out that some parts of the field (i.e. collaborative dialogical practice) have a preference for knowledge obtained through qualitative rather than quantitative studies. This is problematised, partly based on methodology and partly on the bias this entails in the provision of knowledge to students and systemic practitioners. The consequences of such a preference may be that systemic practitioners will lack significant knowledge, and that they are not encouraged to conduct or participate in quantitative studies. This issue highlights a stronger focus on the field's basic perspectives, as well as key political, ethical and professional policies. In response, the article presents the theories of interactive constructivism and critical realism and proposes that these become the guiding paradigm for systemic practice.

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Section: Interactive Constructivism and Critical Realismmentioning

confidence: 84%