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100 issues of disseminating social work and social development information and research

Please join us celebrate our 100th issue since 2020. The newsletter circulates to over 1400 readers who are subscribers. Article submissions are welcome. 

Research utilisation

• Research Methodologies
  • Research designs (methods of designing research)
    • African research methodology (ARM)
    • Afrikology
    • Indigenous research methodology (IRM)
  • Broad research approaches
  • Process and Methods for ethical research
  • Methods for data collection
  • Methods for literature review
    • Orature Approach (OA)
    • Decolonising Literature Review (DLR)
    • Decolonised Literature Approach (DLA)
    • Sankofa tree systematic literature review model
    • 10 ways to strengthen literature and orature reviews
  • Methods for data analysis
  • Methods for achieving ‘reliability’ and ‘validity’
  • Methods for discussion
  • Methods for research reporting and sharing
  • Methods for research utilisation
    • Checklist for Research Utilisation
  • Methods for Monitoring and Evaluation Research
• Innovative and Creative Methods
• Valuing African Methods
• The Process of Research

From our blog

Africa environmental work models and approaches 

Visit the blog page to see all models, including the Indigenous environmental model

Read full journal article

Cite models below as: From: Mushunje, M. and Matsika, A. B. (2023). Environmental Social Work: African philosophies, frameworks and perspectives. African Journal of Social Work, 13(2), 48-56. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajsw.v13i2.1

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