
Knowledge and practical knowledge
For an analysis of the working practices of social workers
Silvia Carbone(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 29. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
106 pages
978-3-0343-4930-7 (ISBN)
Description
How is the work of social workers shaped in terms of individuals and the internal organization of the structure? And how does the relationship between knowledge and practical knowledge affect professional vision, performance and choices of action? This book helps to explore how the working practice of social workers is expressed on that path where knowledge and practical knowledge, learnt in situations, becomes knowing how to work together, weaving together relationships among people, professions, objects, languages, technologies and institutions.
The book therefore proposes new ways of combining these two aspects: how social workers construct their knowledge through everyday practices and what it means to empirically study the practical knowledge of social workers.
More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bruxelles
Belgium
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
4 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
149 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0343-4930-7 (9783034349307)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Silvia Carbone is an RTDA researcher at the University of Messina in General Sociology. Since 2012, she has carried out intense teaching and research activities at different universities: the Universities of Palermo, Trento, Padua, and Verona. Her main research interests include socio-health inclusion, migration and social services and social policies.
Content
Introduction - The institutional, historical and cultural dimensions of the social worker - The dynamic analysis of the profession of social workers - The daily work of the social worker - Body- mediated knowledge - The discursive practice of the social worker - Social workers and the reception of refugees/ asylum seekers: Institutional coordination and cooperation - Considerations - Bibliography.