Knowing Nothing: Understanding New Critical Social Work Practice
Individuals embarking on their journey to become professional social workers often state they feel as if they know nothing upon entering their practice. Regardless of the number of years critical social workers have practiced, they are also thought to know “nothing.†By utilizing a philosophical...
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oai:doaj.org-article:7ef76c5794194be89143ad0bf5a494802021-11-25T21:26:01ZKnowing Nothing: Understanding New Critical Social Work Practice10.11575/jah.v0i2.532221927-4416https://doaj.org/article/7ef76c5794194be89143ad0bf5a494802013-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/53222https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416 Individuals embarking on their journey to become professional social workers often state they feel as if they know nothing upon entering their practice. Regardless of the number of years critical social workers have practiced, they are also thought to know “nothing.†By utilizing a philosophical hermeneutic approach I chose to recognize that new critical social work ideas, theories and practices come from something and somewhere (Moules, 2002). This hermeneutic study involved interviewing six newly graduated social workers from with a declared critical orientation. I asked these budding new professionals to describe what happens when they begin working in organizations that may or may not support a critical ideology and how this influences their practice. Hermeneutic interpretations of the participant experiences suggest that this “nothing†is not devoid of meaning or method, but instead involves insinuating themselves and their ideas into their agencies in a delicate curvilinear manner. Cynthia Justine GallopUniversity of Calgaryarticlehermeneuticsresearchcritical social workpracticePhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics, Iss 2 (2013) |
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Individuals embarking on their journey to become professional social workers often state they feel as if they know nothing upon entering their practice. Regardless of the number of years critical social workers have practiced, they are also thought to know “nothing.†By utilizing a philosophical hermeneutic approach I chose to recognize that new critical social work ideas, theories and practices come from something and somewhere (Moules, 2002). This hermeneutic study involved interviewing six newly graduated social workers from with a declared critical orientation. I asked these budding new professionals to describe what happens when they begin working in organizations that may or may not support a critical ideology and how this influences their practice. Hermeneutic interpretations of the participant experiences suggest that this “nothing†is not devoid of meaning or method, but instead involves insinuating themselves and their ideas into their agencies in a delicate curvilinear manner.
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