Social work dialogues : transforming the canon in inquiry, practice, and education - Witkin, Stanley L, 1947-; Saleebey, Dennis (Alexandria, Va. : Council on Social Work Education, 2007)
Toward a transformative social work / Stanley L. Witkin -- The un-conference / Sally St. George and Dan Wulff -- "Good talk" : the art of transforming conversations / Ruth Dean -- Understanding theory, practicing social work / Richard Pozzuto -- Taking "guilty knowledge" seriously : theorizing, everyday inquiry, and action as "social caretaking" / Brenda Solomon -- A dialogue : can a conservative profession like social work have an emancipatory practice? / Mel Gray and Richard Pozzuto -- Constructive social work practice in an age of uncertainty / Nigel Parton -- En-voicing the world : social constructionism and essentialism in natural discourse - how social work fits in / Fred H. Besthorn -- Art works : between social critique and active reenchantment / Adrienne Chambon -- Inhabiting the off-frame : social workers as connoisseurs of ambiguity / Allan Irving -- Makeovers for "bewhiskered" research : diverse heuristics for understanding causality in social and behavioral sciences / Katherine Tyson McCrea -- Notes on teaching social work ethics / Margaret Rhodes -- Postmodern call and response : social work education in the modernist university / Susan E. Roche -- Epilogue / Dennis Saleebey.
Based on discussions at the Transforming Social Work (TSW) gatherings held annually in Vermont since 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Social service; Social service -- Philosophy; Social work education; Postmodernism