TY - JOUR
T1 - Social work, postmodernism and higher education
AU - Martinez-Brawley, Emilia
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1999/7
Y1 - 1999/7
N2 - In the 1980s, the empirical research paradigm began to be questioned. The postmodernist debate in social work has legitimized the valuing of differences, admitting of many realities. Minority voices have become more articulate; local metaphors are replacing universal ones. Higher education reports on scholarship now advise universities to broaden their paradigms to encompass different ways of building knowledge.
AB - In the 1980s, the empirical research paradigm began to be questioned. The postmodernist debate in social work has legitimized the valuing of differences, admitting of many realities. Minority voices have become more articulate; local metaphors are replacing universal ones. Higher education reports on scholarship now advise universities to broaden their paradigms to encompass different ways of building knowledge.
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U2 - 10.1177/002087289904200307
DO - 10.1177/002087289904200307
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033412533
SN - 0020-8728
VL - 42
SP - 333
EP - 346
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
IS - 3
ER -