Theory Building in Social Work / / Gordon Hearn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hearn, Gordon,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1958
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (96 p.) :; figures throughout

This is essentially a book about theory building. Instead of actually presenting theory, it suggests and illustrates a particular way in which the social work profession, or any of the other service professions, might pursue the task of developing theory to refine its mode of practice. While written for every professional, it is directed, in particular, to those most actively engaged in the development and refinement of theory for their profession. It is a personal document in the sense that it is a chronicle of the author's reflections about how a profession might pursue most profitably this aspect of its total function.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Part I THE THEORY BUILDING PROCESS -- Chapter I. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter II. THEORY BUILDING -- Chapter III. THE PATTERN OF THEORY BUILDING IN SOCIAL WORK -- Part II THEORY BUILDING IN SOCIAL WORK -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter IV. PHILOSOPHICAL BASE -- Chapter V. SYSTEM: THE CENTRAL CONSTRUCT -- Chapter VI. JUSTIFICATION, EVALUATION, MODIFICATION -- Chapter VII. PROMISE AWAITING FULFILMENT -- INDEX