THE SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH MODULE(S) FROM A SOCIAL WELFARE PERSPECTIVE
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A once-off qualitative questionnaire was sent via e-mail to the social work various traininginstitutions in South Africa. Various topics were covered in the empirical study and as far as
possible theoretical substantiation of the findings were integrated with the findings. Topics
such as the views of the lecturers and the students on the importance of the research module(s),
number of credits allotted to the research module(s), the level of presentation, the
limitations/challenges experienced in the operationalising of the research module(s), the link
between the theoretical and empirical parts of the module(s), the various study units, and
whether students do their research projects individually, in pairs or in groups were covered in
this questionnaire.
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