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Social Work Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: A Methodological Approach for Practice and Research

1st Edition
0335252370 · 9780335252374
The book will provide a theoretical and practical exploration of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Social Work research. The reader will take a journey through how lived experience can be discovered, how effective social work researc… Read More
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Contents             

Foreword        

Acknowledgements        

Introduction      

Part 1 Discovering lived experience through IPA social workresearch        

Chapter One The theory of IPA in qualitative research      

Chapter Two The purpose of research in social work        

Chapter Three Introducing an integrated holistic model forIPA social work research             

Part 2 Doing IPA social work research      

Chapter Four – Research design: commitment to IPAmethodology and methods             

Chapter Five – A sense-making quest      

Chapter Six  Making adifference in social work through IPA research        

Chapter Seven Supervising social work research through IPA         

Part 3 Determining social work knowledge using IPA       

Chapter Eight  IPA insocial work, the present and future. 

Conclusion        

Appendix Further reading and resources for IPA social workresearch              

Open University Social Work IPA network             

References         

Index    

The book will provide a theoretical and practical exploration of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) for Social Work research. The reader will take a journey through how lived experience can be discovered, how effective social work research can be designed and explore practical strategies for maximising quality. The book will explore the specific fit of IPA with social work as a professional practice drawing together values, skills and knowledge for eliciting, responding to and representing accounts of lived experience. The book will also consider the opportunities that IPA offers for the future of producing professional social work knowledge.

This text will be a distinctive contribution to the creation of knowledge for social work practice. IPA is a methodology that enables exploration of the lived experience, which is a best fit with social work, a profession underpinned by working with those whose lived experience can lead to intervention from a social worker.