Islamic Perspectives on Social Work Practice

Research on Social Work Practice

English Literary Studies: Including Islamic Perspectives in Pedagogy and Practice

Proponents of the integration of Islam into English literary studies seek, by way of presenting Islamic worldviews in relation to the life-worlds that English texts presumably promote, to inform (Muslim) students and practitioners of the subject about possible untoward influences in order to help them withstand cultural captivity and lifestyle effects. This is part of the wider concept of integ...

Perspectives on the Community Education Model of Social Work: Implications for Education and Practice

The purpose of this paper is to construct perspectives on community education as a model of community work by unpacking the knowledge of community education that exists in social work, and packaging it in the context of social work’s response to contemporary risk issues, in order to identify implications for social work education and practice. This is done by motivating the addressing of risk i...

Perspectives on European work-related education, practice and research.

This special issue illustrates WORK’s commitment to advance our knowledge base and disseminate knowledge about work-related practice, education and research on an international level. It is a great pleasure to present this multifaceted collection of papers that address work-related issues as relevant to education, clinical and social practice, and research from countries throughout Europe. This...

Evaluation and Social Work Practice

This book is a collection of thirteen edited chapters from different contributors, each presenting their perspective on the nature of evaluation and research and their application to practice. The editors aim to provide a ‘comprehensive treatment of the central issues confronting evaluation in social work’, however, their claims that it is likely to appeal to students, researchers and practitio...