Conclusions and Commencements
As Brekke (2012) has noted from the beginning, the nature, aims and domains of social work science need more explicit description in order to stake out intellectual, institutional, and identity spaces for social work’s scientific activities and the support of them. This final chapter summarizes some key points about a science of social work made in the preceeding chapters. The topics include epistemology, ontology, values, theory, doctoral education in social work, and possibilities for social work practice research. There is further discussion of the implications of this work for social work education and social work practice. It ends with a plea for crafting additional opportunities to think and talk in a sustained way about issues that are key to the profession and its future like the ones the IslandWood group has enjoyed for the purpose of framing a science of social work.