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Self-reflective Ethnographies of Practice and their Relevance for Professional Socialisation in Social Work
[journal article]
Abstract "The article tries to explicate and illustrate a type of qualitative practitioner
research in the field of professional training and to shed light on its practical
uses for the acquisition of analytical skills and the fostering of professional
discourse. The discussion is based on the author’s wo... view more
"The article tries to explicate and illustrate a type of qualitative practitioner
research in the field of professional training and to shed light on its practical
uses for the acquisition of analytical skills and the fostering of professional
discourse. The discussion is based on the author’s work with
social work students who are encouraged and supported to become “ethnographers
of their own affairs”, especially in the context of their practice
placements, which are a mandatory part of their social work course. By
presenting and discussing students’ ethnographic field notes and a sequence
of a student’s oral narrative (along with their retrospective reflections)
he attempts to convey how such a style of researching one’s own
practice can contribute to student apprentices’ personal acquisition of
skills for the analysis of individual and collective cases. This type of work
could also become significant for collective concerns of the profession,
e.g. with regard to generating a research based, self-critical and case
specific professional discourse on possible problematic tendencies of
professional work and the discovery of alternatives of action, but also
with regard to the emergence of a self-confident and innovative type of
research which is carried out by professional practitioners themselves." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
ethnography; social work; professionalization; occupational practice; case study; interaction; occupational socialization; research; qualitative method; theory-practice
Classification
Training, Teaching and Studying, Professional Organizations of Social Welfare
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Social Welfare
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 262-293
Journal
International Journal of Action Research, 7 (2011) 3
ISSN
1861-1303
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications