Things to do before 1st CLASS..........
(1) Read Unit 1; then
(2) Select social problem;
(3) Select agency; &
(4) Get / read agency brochures.
UNIT 1
RESEARCH QUESTION
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of August 22
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of January 23
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 14, 15
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can apply fundamental scientific and research methods and their steps in the context of generalist social work. Students can explain the role of individual and social problems, individual and collective professional action relative to those problems, and the role of research regarding each.
UNIT READINGS:
Research Questions:
Royse: Chapters 1 & 2
Coady & Lehmann: Chapter 1 (Reserve)
Engel & Schutt: Pages 18, 27 (Reserve)
Kirst-Ashman & Hull: Chapter 1 (Reserve)
Roberts & Yeager: Section 1: Chapter 1 (Reserve)
Rubin: Chapter 1 (Reserve)
Thomlison & Corcoran: Chapter 13 (Reserve)
Encyclopedia of Social Work (ESW)
V1: 85-88, 195-197
V2: 158-165, 536-539
V3: 396-398, 512-526
Index "EBP"
Program Evaluation:
Royse: Chapter 12
Rossi et al: Chapters 1 & 3 (Reserve)
ESW: V3: 429-434
Web Links:
Stuff for class: Royse Text
UNIT 2
BACKGROUND & SIGNIFICANCE
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of September 12
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of February 6
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 15, 16
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can access academic and professional literary sources; identify research reports and their components; select, review, & critique two such reports; then extract and apply knowledge gained to inform generalist social work. Students can articulate the importance of a specific research project.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 14
Kirst-Ashman& Hull: Chapter 8 (Reserve)
Girden & Kabacoff: Chapter 1 (Reserve)
Roberts & Yeager (S1: Chapter 3) (Reserve)
Anatomy of a Research Article (Reserve)
Web Links:
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #1 Draft Consult; Article Review #1
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday September 7
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday February 8
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 16
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 3
THEORY
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of September 19
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of February 13
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 16, 17
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain theory, how theory is constructed, and its role in research. Students can apply a specific theory to research in a hypothetical social work setting.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 2
Coady & Lehmann: Chapter 2 (Reserve)
Engel & Schutt: Page 28 (Reserve)
Roberts & Yeager (S1: Chapter 10) (Reserve)
Shearfor & Horejsi: Chapters 3 & 6 (Reserve)
Boyle: Chapter 2 (Reserve)
Rossi: Chapters 5 & 7 (Reserve)
Shaw, Greene, & Mark: Chapter 14 (Reserve)
ESW (V3: 463, 487; V4: 141-144)
Stuff for class: Royse Text, HBSE Text
UNIT 4
HYPOTHESIS
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of September 26
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of February 20
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 17, 18
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain causality, how hypotheses are constructed, and the role of hypotheses in research. Students can apply hypotheses to research in a hypothetical social work setting.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 2
Shaw, Greene, & Mark: Chapter 14 (Reserve)
ESW(V2: 139-143)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #1 SGS Final
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday September 28
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday February 22
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 18
UNIT 5
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
DATA COLLECTION METHODS
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of October 3
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of March 5
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 21, 22
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain various data collection instruments, methods, procedures, issues, & challenges in social work research. Students can engage in measurement and instrumentation, & develop survey questions. Students can discuss reliability & validity, scaling, self report, bias, error, and measurement issues pertaining to diversity sensitivity.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 6 & 7
Engel & Schutt: Pages 74, 204 (Reserve)
Thomlison & Corcoran: Chapter 13 (Reserve)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #2 Draft Consult; Article Review #2
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday September 28
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday February 22
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 21
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 6
DATA PREPARATION, ANALYSIS & PRESENTATION
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of October 17
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of March 5
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 22, 23
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain/apply the steps of data processing (e.g., cleaning/editing, entry, logic checking); analysis (e.g., univariate, bivariate, multivariate analyses, hypothesis testing, association, correlation, elaboration); and results presentation in social work research.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 13
ESW (Index: "Data Collection")
ESW (Index: "Data Analysis")
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #2 SGS Final
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday October 5
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday February 29
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 23
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 7
SAMPLING THEORY
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of October 24
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of March 26
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 23, 24
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain basic sampling theory (e.g., size, methods, representativeness, generalization, qualitative/quantitative methods, and bias and error). They can explain/apply probability and nonprobability methods, and attend to ethics and respondent diversity.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 8
Engel & Schutt: Pages 19, 101
Stuff for class: Royse Text
UNIT 8
RESEARCH ETHICS
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of October 31
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 2
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 24, 25
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1-10
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain the history and purpose of research ethics; the purpose and procedures of external reviews, and ethical guidelines used in research. They can discuss potential ethical issues in research, and apply ethics in social work research.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 3
NASW Code of Ethics
*Preamble, Purpose, Principles
*ES_1.04, 1.05, 3.03, 4.01, 5.02
ESW(V2: 151-158)
Web Links:
Stuff for class: Royse Text
UNIT 9
RESEARCH DESIGNS:
Qualitative Designs
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of November 7
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 9
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 28, 29
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain the purpose of qualitative research, and several qualitative research designs (e.g., interviews, participant observation, ethnography, case study). Students can explain how they are used in social work research.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 11
Engel & Schutt: Page 231 (Reserve)
ESW (V3: 485-489; V2: 354-357)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #3 Draft Consult
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday October 26
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday March 28
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 28
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 10
RESEARCH DESIGNS:
Single Subject Designs
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of November 14
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 16
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 29, 30
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain and apply various single subject research designs (e.g., B, AB, ABA, ABAB, ABCD, multiple baselines), assess their strengths & challenges (validity/reliability), and analyze their data (e.g., celeration line analysis).
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 4
Engel & Schutt: Page 170
ESW (V3: 514; V4: 32-34)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WA #3 SGS Finalized
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday October 26
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday March 28
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 30
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 11
RESEARCH DESIGNS:
Survey Designs
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of November 21
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 23
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 30, 31
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain and apply various survey designs (e.g., mail, email, web, interviews, telephone, cohort, longitudinal, panel, needs assessments, satisfaction surveys, personal interviews, etc.) and their strengths and challenges (e.g., control, response rates, diversity issues) in ethical social work research.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 9
Engel & Schutt: Page 203 (Reserve)
ESW (V4: 192-196)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: WS #5A-D
Fall 2011 Due Date: Wednesday November 23
Spring 2012 Due Date: Wednesday April 25
Summer 2012 Due Date: May 30
(Date Stamped!)
UNIT 12
RESEARCH DESIGNS:
Group Comparison Designs
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of November 28
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 23
SUMMER 2012 DATE: May 31, June 1
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.2: PB7, 8, 10
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.4: PB15, 16, 17
EP2.1.5: PB18
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
EP2.1.7: PB23, 24
EP2.1.8: PB25, 26
EP2.1.9: PB27, 28
EP2.1.10: PB29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41
CLO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can explain and apply various group comparison research designs (e.g., pre, quasi, experimental) and their strengths and challenges (e.g., selection, randomization, and internal/external validity) in ethical social work research.
Unit Readings:
Royse: Chapter 5
Engel & Schutt: Page 131 (Reserve)
Stuff for class: Royse Text
UNIT 13
WRITING & LIBRARY LAB
**Attendance Required**
FALL 2011 DATE: Week of December 5th
SPRING 2012 DATE: Week of April 23; 30
CSWE Competencies Studied / Behaviors Practiced:
EP2.1.1: PB3, 4, 5, 6
EP2.1.3: PB11, 12, 13
EP2.1.6: PB21, 22
CLO: 1-10
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students can effectively use consultation and supervision, and attend to professional boundaries and demeanor as they develop their final term project.
Stuff for class: Royse Text
Stuff due: Final Research Proposal
Fall 2011 Due Date: Study Day (December 7, close of business)
Spring 2012 Due Date: Study Day (May 2, close of business)
Summer 2012 Due Date: June 1 (close of business)
(Date Stamped)
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