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Social work identity as represented in finnish academic context

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Title Social work identity as represented in finnish academic context
Socialinio darbo identiteto pateikimas suomijos akademiniame kontekste
 
Creator Väänänen, Anna
Perttula, Juha
Malinauskas, Gedas
Gudliauskaitė-Godvadė, Jūratė
Godvadas, Paulius
 
Subject social work research; social work identity; Finnish social work doctoral dissertations; social work profession; content analysis
socialinio darbo tyrimas; socialinio darbo identitetas; Suomijos socialinio darbo daktaro disertacijos; socialinio darbo profesija; turinio analizė
 
Description The article presents research, the aim of which is to study how social work is manifested in the official documents (doctoral dissertations) accepted in Finnish universities. The research material consists of 107 doctoral dissertations, which have been published from 1994 till spring of 2008. The point of the research is on the representations of social work, which implies the research question, how doctoral dissertations are communicating, what social work is. Content analysis was used to analyze the research material in three stages by concentrating on the aims and research questions by organizing them in their frames. The analysis reveals eleven categories and eight levels as representations of social work research identity. Based on the results, the core identity of social work is its diversity and all-inclusive nature. It is discussed whether this is a benefit or a disadvantage for social work as practice and as a discipline.
Šiame straipsnyje pristatomi tyrimo, kurio tikslas atkleisti, kaip socialinio darbo identitetas pateikiamas Suomijos universitetuose apgintose socialinio darbo daktaro disertacijose, rezultatai. Tyrimo medžiagą sudaro 107 socialinio darbo daktaro disertacijos, apgintos įvairiuose Suomijos universitetuose nuo 1994 m. iki 2008 m. pavasario. Tyrimo medžiaga buvo analizuojama taikant turinio analizės metodą ir dėmesį sutelkiant į suomių socialinio darbo daktaro disertacijų tikslus ir tyrimo klausimus bei atsižvelgiant į kiekvienoje disertacijoje pateikiamus požiūrius ir kontekstą. Remiantis tyrimo rezultatais (11 kategorijų, apimančių 8 lygmenis, kuriais pasireiškia socialinio darbo identitetas) straipsnyje teigiama, kad socialinio darbo identiteto esmė yra įvairovė ir visa apimanti prigimtis. Straipsnyje diskutuojama, kiek tai gali būti naudinga ar nenaudinga socialiniam darbui kaip profesijai ir kaip mokslo disciplinai.
 
Publisher Mykolo Romerio Universitetas
 
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Date 2013-09-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/1287
 
Source Social Work; Vol 8, No 1 (2009): Social Work
Socialinis darbas; Vol 8, No 1 (2009): Social Work
2029-2775
1648-4789
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/1287/1235
 
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