Social Work Thesis A unit (HGW414)

You will need the following text:

• Alston, M., & Bowles, W. (2018). Research for social workers: An introduction to methods (4th ed.). Allen and Unwin.

You can purchase this book from online booksellers such as Booktopia. The UTAS library will also have copies (access may be limited in times of high demand). This text is also required for the co-requisite unit HGW608 Social Work Research Practice.

You will also be required to read the following:

• Gordon, J. (2018). The voice of the social worker: A narrative literature review. British Journal of Social Work, 48, 1333-1350.
• Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26, 91-108.
• Munn, Z., Peters, M. D. J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, A., & Aromataris, E. (2018). Systematic or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18, 143.

The above papers will help support your decision making around the type of literature review to conduct as part of your Honours Thesis and will form the basis of some of the content in this unit.

There is no set reading list for this unit as you will be provided with resources tailored to your research topic by your unit coordinator and your thesis supervisor as required. You will need to access and reference other research texts, journal articles, and other resources beyond this to successfully complete the assessment tasks in this unit. Further information about accessing these resources will be provided on MyLO and your thesis supervisor will make suggestions. As a starting point, the following texts may be helpful and are available through the UTAS library (many as e-books). Please note that the following texts are recommended only, and you are not required to purchase these for this unit.

• Aveyard, H. (2014). Doing a literature review in health and social care: A practical guide. Open University Press.
• D’Cruz, H. & Jones, M. (2014). Social work research in practice: Ethical and political contexts (2nd ed.). Sage.
• Flynn, C., & McDermott, F. (2016). Doing research in social work and social care: The journey from student to practitioner researcher. Sage.
• Grinnell, R., & Unrau, Y. (2014). Social work research and evaluation (10th ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Joubert, L. B., & Webber, M. (Eds.). (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research. Routledge.
• Steinberg, D. (2015). The social work student’s research handbook (2nd ed.). Routledge.
• Strega, S., & Brown, L. (Eds.). (2015). Research as resistance: Revisiting critical, Indigenous and anti-oppressive approaches (2nd ed.). Canadian Scholar’s Press Inc.