Gordon Versus the Working Definition: Lessons From a Classic Critique  

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Wakefield, Jerome C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 13 no. 3 (Mei 2003), page 284-298.
Topik: social work; definition; conceptual foundations; values; knowledge base
Fulltext: 284RSWP133.pdf (69.71KB)

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The author critiques Gordon’s influential analysis of the National Association of Social Workers’ working definition of social work practice (WD). Gordon’s critique contains wellfounded objections leading to the elimination of the WD’s method, purpose, and sanction components. However, Gordon’s implied conclusion that social work can be defined by a broad value (i.e., self-realization) and a distinctive knowledge domain (i.e., social transactions) involves fundamental errors repeated in subsequent definitional attempts. Rather than being distinguished by a unique knowledge domain, social work, like other professions, must be defined by a value that is distinctive of the profession yet shared by all social work fields.

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