Moore Megan, Martinson Melissa L, Nurius Paula S, Kemp Susan P
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Res Soc Work Pract. 2018;28(3):254-264. doi: 10.1177/1049731517708033. Epub 2017 Jun 2.
Early career faculty experiences and perspectives on transdisciplinary research are important yet understudied.
Assistant professors at 50 top-ranked social work programs completed an online survey assessing perspectives on the salience of transdisciplinary training in their field, obstacles to or negative impacts of transdisciplinary training, and current environments. Content analysis and descriptive statistics were used.
A large majority of all participants (N ¼ 118) believed that transdisciplinary research is important, that greater training is needed, and that they are relatively well prepared in related skill sets. They are expected to build cross-disciplinary collaborations, yet only a small minority believed that social work researchers are nationally recognized as important collaborators, or that they are prepared to navigate tensions on research teams.
We offer a multilevel framework of structural and training supports needed to realize transdisciplinary research in social work with relevance to other disciplines.
早期职业教师对跨学科研究的经历和看法很重要,但尚未得到充分研究。
50个顶级社会工作项目的助理教授完成了一项在线调查,评估他们对本领域跨学科培训重要性的看法、跨学科培训的障碍或负面影响以及当前环境。采用了内容分析和描述性统计方法。
绝大多数参与者(N = 118)认为跨学科研究很重要,需要更多培训,并且他们在相关技能方面准备得相对充分。他们被期望建立跨学科合作,但只有少数人认为社会工作研究者在全国范围内被视为重要的合作者,或者他们准备好应对研究团队中的紧张关系。
我们提供了一个多层次框架,涵盖实现与其他学科相关的社会工作跨学科研究所需的结构和培训支持。