Class Social Work Research Project

The UC Research Project in Social Work I is a unit of central interest in preparing students for research in social sciences considering the social reality of the field of work of social workers and the importance of the investigative dimension for the training process and for professional practice. Thus this UC intends to carry out practical work in the scope of research methodologies, namely the construction of data collection instruments and their application, in close connection with the UC of Internship Seminar I (theoretical and methodological elements in the definition of the topic and research problem).

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1 Research in Social Work 1.1 Research as an activity committed to knowledge, ethics and the values of the profession. 1.2 Research in Social Work in Portugal: themes and methodological proposals 1.3 Scientific writing 2. Operationalising research in Social Work 2.1 Research Paradigms and Methodologies 2.2 Data collection techniques and instruments 2.3 Ethical issues in Social Work research

The teaching methodology takes the form of an active learning system, learning by doing, based on the knowledge previously acquired by the students and their internship experience. As the operative dimension is essential, it is realised through collective exercises and the theoretical and methodological orientation of individual projects, which will deal with social issues with social relevance and in relation to the professional practice of social work.

- Branco, Francisco (2008). A investigação em Serviço Social em Portugal: trajectórias e perspectivas in Locus Social, 1,48-63. - Coutinho, C. (2014). Metodologia de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas: teoria e prática, 3ª Ed. Coimbra: Almedina. - Monteiro, D., & Branco, F. (2021). O ensino da metodologia de investigação na formação inicial em Serviço Social: Entre a transversalidade exigida e a predominância da metodologia qualitativa. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 7, 95-106. - Rodrigues, F., & Branco, F. (2009). A investigação em Serviço Social em Portugal: uma aproximação a partir da formação pós-graduada. Locus Soci@ l, (2), 103-114.