KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION IN SOCIAL WORK

Integriranje spoznaja u socijalnom radu je proces koji prati profesiju od osnutaka, razvijanja edukacijskih programa i bitno je obilježje njene znanosti. Ovim radom pokušat ćemo promisliti o procesu povezivanja spoznaja iz znanstvenih i neznanstvenih izvora sa socijalnim radom, kao i kriterijima koje pritom valja uzeti u obzir. Govorit ćemo tako o integriranju znanstvenih, religioznih, duhovnih, filozofskih, umjetničkih te individualnih »zdravorazumskih promišljanja« u socijalnom radu. Razmotrit ćemo sljedeće principe koje treba promisliti prilikom unošenja i korištenja heteronomnih spoznaja: načela profesije, ograničenja u kompetencijama prema drugim disciplinama, poznavanje svrhe korištenog znanja, interese i obilježja samih socijalnih radnika te kritičko promišljanje. S obzirom na intenzitet integriranja spoznaja, ponudit ćemo pojmovne distinkcije između multidisciplinarnosti, interdisciplinarnosti i transdisciplinarnosti. Konačno, integriranje spoznaja povezujemo s procesom socijalnog rada zaključujući da je u fazama definiranja i analiziranja problema njen značaj ponajviše istaknut, dok su tijekom korištenja metoda i izravnog djelovanja značajnije specijalizirane profesionalne metode korištene u skladu s kompetencijama socijalnih radnika. Konačno, ponuđena su neka daljnja pitanja za promišljanje teme u znanstvenim, praktičnim i edukativnim aspektima profesije.Knowledge integration in social work is a process which is an integral part of the profession since its beginnings, as well as an important feature in developing educational programmes and profession’s scientific approaches. This paper aims to analyse the process of knowledge integration from scientific and non-scientific sources with social work as well as criteria which should be taken into account. Thus, integration of scientific, religious, spiritual, philosophic, artistic as well as individual ˝commonsense˝ reasoning in social work is presented. The following principles should be taken into account when introducing and using heteronym knowledge: principles of the profession, limitations in competencies towards other disciplines, awareness of the purpose of used knowledge, interests and characteristics of social workers and critical analysis. Due to the intensity of knowledge integration, criteria to distinguish the notions of multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity are proposed. Finally, knowledge integration is related to the social work process and the author concludes that its importance is greater in the phases of problem definition and analysis, while in the phases of method application and direct actions professional methods used depending on the competencies of social workers play a greater role. Finally, certain questions are proposed for further reflexion on the issue in scientific, practical and educational aspects of the profession