Preserving the Social Work Perspective in the Research Sequence: State of the Art and Program Models for the 1980s

Emphasizing the importance of the social work perspective in research, the authors present a two-dimensional conceptual model of a range of social work educational programs by educational goal. The model frames the directions and approaches of the social work research sequence. Based on this model, the authors discuss the linkage roles of the social work research sequence in integrating separate social work curriculum areas and narrowing the gap between social work and other disciplines.