Using Evaluative Research to Support Practitioners and Service Users in Undertaking Reflective Writing for Public Dissemination

Waldman, Julia

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“…Some advocate that autoethnography is research that 'incorporates elements of one's own life experience' (Etherington, 2004: 139). This biographical element is argued as having particular relevance to vulnerable populations and sensitive subjects (Bornat and Walmsley, 2004;Borochowtitz, 2005) and special relevance to social work practice (Kyllonen, 2004;Waldman, 2005). White (2001: 101) refers to such activities as 'doing ethnography at home', and suggests that a core element of this is 'reflexivity' (as opposed to reflection).…”

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Revealing Disagreement and Discomfort through Auto-ethnography and Personal Narrative

Trotter¹,

Brogatzki²,

Duggan³

et al. 2006

Qualitative Social Work

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Social worker educators in the UK are familiar with social issues of exclusion and marginalization, and are used to teaching about sexual abuse or sexual exploitation. However, many are less informed about work with gay people or with broader issues of sexuality. Adopting an auto-ethnographical perspective and using semi-structured discussion groups (which were audio taped, transcribed and analysed), this small group of gay and ‘straight’ practitioners and academics explored current social work practice and culture in the North East of England and reflected on their own learning and teaching experiences. They identified three key themes: differing opinions about what is regarded as an acceptable level of disclosure about personal information, disagreement about the use and meaning of key terms, and discomfort and defensiveness among social work educators, practitioners and students when addressing these issues. These findings are presented alongside some of the literature in this area, highlighting the links with professionals’ exclusion of gay people and the marginalization of gay and ‘straight’ issues in education and practice.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revealing Disagreement and Discomfort through Auto-ethnography and Personal Narrative

Trotter¹,

Brogatzki²,

Duggan³

et al. 2006

Qualitative Social Work

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“…From a research and evaluation perspective, increased involvement of service users is highly desirable and accordingly a triadic relationship (evaluator, worker, client) could be seen as an ideal to aspire to, and in action research this is critical. Indeed, there is a growing body of literature concerning the involvement of research participants and service users in the design and conduct of research (see, for example, Truman 1999;Oliver et al 2001;Cavet and Sloper 2004;Telford and Faulkner 2004;Waldman 2005;Coad and Evans 2007). However, in this case direct client involvement in the planning and management of the evaluation presented a challenge to staff, who felt protective in relation to current and past users being overburdened and potentially exposed by involvement in the research in these ways.…”

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Building action focused research in social care organisations

Sanders

Munford

2008

Educational Action Research

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This article presents a model for action research in family practice. It reviews three research projects used by the authors over the past decade. Drawing on learning from each, the article discusses a model for undertaking ongoing, embedded action research in organisational settings. The contribution that action methods can make to the development of such research is highlighted. The model is based on the principle that relevant and usable knowledge is created through relationships -the nature of these relationships influences what gets known, who knows it and how knowledge can be used and who it can be used by. Because they are intentionally focused on change, action research approaches have a major contribution to make to the development of understanding of what types of interventions work with families. Their emphasis on the situated and relational nature of knowledge generates deep understandings of how families and workers make sense of their worlds.

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“…Rather than work with a precise definition, our aim was to capture something of the influence of local circumstances on partnership development and the sense in which partnerships are rarely neat and tidy solutions (Poxton, 2004). As Waldman (2005) points out, such writing, if rooted in critical reflexivity on everyday practice, can enrich and inform, providing valuable colour and texture to the landscape of the evidence base. The first author has 30 years experience as a social work practitioner and is currently working as the service manager for intermediate care and manager of the community older persons' team (COPT) described below.…”

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Mainstreaming Interprofessionl Partnerships in a Metropolitan Borough

Doyle

Cornes

2006

Journal of Integrated Care

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In this article we draw on 'practice wisdom' to reflect on the development of interprofessional partnerships for older people in a metropolitan borough in North West England. We suggest that most interprofessional partnership working continues to sit outside mainstream services, and that integration and seamless service remain a significant challenge. We focus on local plans for service reconfiguration ('Go Integral') and their likely implications for non-traditional services such as intermediate care and falls prevention. Finally, we show how social care and social work values can be used to glue the system together so that it becomes easily accessible and meaningful to older people.

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Using Evaluative Research to Support Practitioners and Service Users in Undertaking Reflective Writing for Public Dissemination

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Revealing Disagreement and Discomfort through Auto-ethnography and Personal Narrative

Revealing Disagreement and Discomfort through Auto-ethnography and Personal Narrative

Building action focused research in social care organisations

Mainstreaming Interprofessionl Partnerships in a Metropolitan Borough

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