TY - JOUR
T1 - Making Social Work Count
T2 - A Curriculum Innovation to Teach Quantitative Research Methods and Statistical Analysis to Undergraduate Social Work Students in the United Kingdom
AU - Teater, Barbra
AU - Roy, Jessica
AU - Carpenter, John
AU - Forrester, Donald
AU - Devaney, John
AU - Scourfield, Jonathan
PY - 2017/10/20
Y1 - 2017/10/20
N2 - Students in the United Kingdom (UK) are found to lack knowledge and skills in quantitative research methods. To address this gap, a quantitative research method and statistical analysis curriculum comprising 10 individual lessons was developed, piloted, and evaluated at two universities The evaluation found that BSW students’ (N = 81) self-efficacy improved significantly from pre- to posttest, but statistical knowledge improved only slightly and the improvement was not statistically significant. The findings point to recommendations for social work educators in the UK and beyond to consider when integrating the 10-input quantitative method curriculum and when teaching research methods and statistics to undergraduate social work students.
AB - Students in the United Kingdom (UK) are found to lack knowledge and skills in quantitative research methods. To address this gap, a quantitative research method and statistical analysis curriculum comprising 10 individual lessons was developed, piloted, and evaluated at two universities The evaluation found that BSW students’ (N = 81) self-efficacy improved significantly from pre- to posttest, but statistical knowledge improved only slightly and the improvement was not statistically significant. The findings point to recommendations for social work educators in the UK and beyond to consider when integrating the 10-input quantitative method curriculum and when teaching research methods and statistics to undergraduate social work students.
KW - BSW students
KW - curriculum development
KW - quantitative methods
KW - research self-efficacy
KW - statistics
KW - teaching research
UR - https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/making-social-work-count-a-curriculum-innovation-to-teach-quantitative-research-methods-and-statistical-analysis-to-undergraduate-social-work-students-in-the-united-kingdom(c2102e99-a1ae-4d94-b261-f426ba6fae38).html
U2 - 10.1080/08841233.2017.1381216
DO - 10.1080/08841233.2017.1381216
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032468297
SN - 0884-1233
VL - 37
SP - 422
EP - 437
JO - Journal of Teaching in Social Work
JF - Journal of Teaching in Social Work
IS - 5
ER -