Research education in social work is becoming increasingly influenced by anti-scientific ideologies. Social work researchers and students now exist in an environment that is moving away from scientific and pedagogical touchstones. These touchstones include the expectation to (a) select research questions, (b) rely upon relevant and applicable methods that are tailored to answer those questions, and (c) engage in a free and open discourse about the selection of methods, even if they are in stark contrast to those that are preferred by personal values or pre-determined ideology. We state our concern that social work research is narrowing, leaving researchers pressured to diverge from general qualitative and quantitative scientific approaches, and risking the stifling of open discourse needed to inform efficacious interventions and/or policies. In addition to the challenges identified by Feldman, this paper suggests an additional challenge—that SW research education may be failing to prepare scholars to follow the scientific standards needed to advance the evidence-based useful to those we serve. We propose alternative approaches.

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加强社会工作研究教育，追求社会正义


社会工作的研究教育越来越受到反科学意识形态的影响。社会工作研究人员和学生现在所处的环境正在远离科学和教学试金石。这些试金石包括期望（a）选择研究问题，（b）依赖为回答这些问题而定制的相关且适用的方法，以及（c）就方法的选择进行自由和开放的讨论，即使它们与那些由个人价值观或预定意识形态所偏爱的人形成鲜明对比。我们担心社会工作研究的范围正在缩小，这使得研究人员被迫偏离一般的定性和定量科学方法，并冒着窒息有效干预和/或政策所需的公开讨论的风险。除了费尔德曼指出的挑战之外，本文还提出了一个额外的挑战——软件研究教育可能无法让学者们做好遵循所需的科学标准的准备，以推进对我们所服务的人有用的基于证据的科学标准。我们提出替代方法。