Social work as a social science discipline

some methodological considerations

Antonín Wagner

pp. 95-100

in: Bernd Birgmeier, Eric Mührel (eds), Die Sozialarbeitswissenschaft und ihre Theorie(n), Wiesbaden, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009

Abstract

The methodology of social sciences addresses questions concerning interpretation, confirmation, and explanation that arise in relation to theories of human society. If social work educators and practitioners are serious about reclaiming science and establishing their field of research as a scientific endeavor, they have to think about the methodological foundations of their discipline.