THE TEACHING OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN INITIAL TRAINING IN SOCIAL WORK: BETWEEN THE REQUIRED TRANSVERSALITY AND THE PREDOMINANCE OF QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.558282201044

• Palavras-chave: Social service; Graduated Training; Research Methodology; Qualitative Methodology.

• Keywords: Social service; Graduated Training; Research Methodology; Qualitative Methodology.

• Abstract:

  Social work is a profession recognized for its intervention with populations in situations of social vulnerability. But, it is not reduced to this dimension and the investigation has gained more and more space in the practice of professionals and prominence in the literature of the area. Therefore, it is important to understand how we train students and future professionals in this field. In this article, we present a part of a broader study on the teaching of research in initial training in social work, where we intend to know and understand the methodological guidelines for research taught in initial training in social work from the point of view of teachers. This is a multiple case study of a qualitative nature, whose units of analysis are three Degree courses in Social Work in Portugal, where 12 teachers were interviewed. The data revealed the concern that the universities (Higher Education Institutions) have shown in guaranteeing students a transversal knowledge of the different methodological approaches, regardless of the trends that currently mark the investigations produced by social workers, their interest or suitability for the disciplinary area and the methodologies preferably adopted by the teachers themselves as researchers. It is also concluded that, despite this transversality, there is a predominance of qualitative methodology in the work developed by social work students in association with the nature of the intervention of the profession. 

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