Online Course: Research in Social Work Introduction from the edX platform

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Nonprofit organization

edX

Area

Online

Deadline

19 Feb 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships , Workshops & Trainings , Grants

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Algeria , Comoros , Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Mauritania , Oman , Qatar , Somalia , Syria , United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen

Eligible Region

All Regions

EdX offers the opportunity for social workers around the world to attend a free course in community service and research from the University of Michigan. This course gives you the opportunity to learn the importance of an evidence-based approach while doing community business and how to conduct effective research.

About the course
This course will include:

Quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Searching for actions that will help your search effectively.
Applying research theories in practice.

Eligibility criteria
There are no prerequisites for the application, as the course is offered to all interested.

Course Outline

Module 1: Why are we looking at social work? Introduction to course teachers and objectives. Why do we do research on social issues? Practitioners interviewed for evidence-based research and evidence.
Module 2: Organizing Social Work Research, Distinguishing Experimental Social Work Research from Non-Experimental Social Work Research, and Talking About Scientific Communication: Learn how the field of social work research is organized.
Module 3: Basic Concepts in Measuring Research: Validity vs. Reliability: The method of representation, size, generalization and types for each one. In addition to the concept of the effect of causal sizes versus the concept of correlation.
Module 4: Non-Experimental Methods - Quantitative Overview: What is Quantitative Research? The most common method: one group / through a specific time point.
Module 5: Experimental Methods - Quantitative Experimental Research (RCT) and Systematic Reviews.
Module 6: Overview of Qualitative and Mixed Methods: What is Qualitative Research? Ethnographs, narrative research interviews, focus groups, case studies, mixed methods, and grounded theory. In addition to the basic questions to be asked and the errors that should be avoided when evaluating any qualitative research.
Module 7: Locate the search, formulate a search strategy, search for articles online (outside academic databases) and evaluate the results.
Module 8: Integrating research into evidence-based practical decision-making, as well as interviewing practitioners for evidence-based research and evidence.

What you will learn in this course

Understand the meaning of research in community work, and the different types of research methodologies in this area.
Learn basic terms and principles for quantitative and qualitative research to gain the ability to evaluate research results more effectively.
Knowledge of research methods used in the field of community work.
Extracting appropriate inferences from existing studies, in order to enrich the practice of social work.
Understand how research fits into the broader framework of evidence-based practice.

About the edX platform
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