1. Discussion Board
Please address the discussion question(s). In your comments, remember to address BOTH the question itself and your fellow students’ comments (if they already commented). Don’t be afraid to disagree with your instructor or fellow students, but please do it respectfully. You should add at least 2 student replies to this discussion board before Sunday at 11:59PM of each module, reply with at least 150 words for each, and reply on different days!
Thoughtful and connected responses will help you and your fellow students get the most out of each discussion board. Thoughtful and connected responses:
– Add depth and breadth to a discussion;
– Ensure proper grammar and punctuation;
– Directly address the question and helps you to stay on topic;
– Begin by addressing your fellow students and ends with your name;
– Have a minimum required word count of 150 words;
– Quote and reference course materials or life experiences to prove your point; and
– Need to be substantive in nature and be more than just “That’s true” or “I agree” type of responses.
For this discussion board…………
Share with the other students a social work problem that you are interested learning more about for your research proposal and then talk about:
Why does this social work problem interest you?
Why do you think this social work problem is important to study?
If you were able to improve this social work problem, how would it benefit the field of social work?
Respond to at least two students with at least 150 words for each reply
2.Essay Question
Identifying Your Research Question and Begin Writing Your Literature Review
This Essay question will be the beginning portion of your Social Work Practice Research Proposal. You will expand on this section for the final paper after receiving my revisions and feedback. Specifically, after you complete this Essay question, I will grade it and send it back to you with revisions. You should fix any revisions and then incorporate the information from this Essay question into your final paper.
To help you work on this research proposal essay question I strongly suggest:
– Royse, D. (2020) – Textbook Chapters 1, 2, & 14;
– Research Question Examples: https://cdn.elsevier.com/promis_misc/jphys_5researchquestion_examples.pdf
– Developing a Research Question: https://advergize.com/edu/list-of-research-question-examples/
– Hypotheses Examples:
https://www.thoughtco.com/examples-of-a-hypothesis-609090
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/a-strong-hypothesis
– Watching the required videos for this module; and
– Completing the Social Work Practice Research Proposal Guide – Pages 8 – 10 (double the link below):
SW Practice Research Proposal Guide-3.doc
Here you need to:
– Identify your “actual” social work problem that you plan on addressing for your research proposal;
– Begin reading social work articles on your “actual” social work problem;
– Write your literature review by discussing (citing) other articles that addressed your social work problem;
– Write your problem statement;
– Identify and write your “actual” research question or hypothesis that you believe will help you address the social work problem; and
– Although most Essay questions are 1 or 2 pages, this question should be at least 3 pages in length but no more than 4 pages.
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