In this assignment, you will design a research study that incorporates anti-oppr
In this assignment, you will design a research study that incorporates anti-oppressive principles and methods. You will demonstrate understanding of how research can be conducted in a way that challenges inherent biases, promotes anti-racist and anti-oppressive strategies, and advances social work purposes. The assignment should include the sections listed below.
Research Proposal
Using the issue from the previous assignment:
Identify a specific research question related to the marginalized community or population that experiences oppression or social, economic, cultural, or environmental injustice. (C4.GP.A)
Support your ideas with relevant academic and professional research.
Discuss how the proposed research project aims to actively involve the selected community or population in the research process and how their voices and perspectives will be prioritized. (C4.GP.B)
Identify specific participants, stakeholders, community partners, et cetera, that will be involved.
Methodological Approach
Select and justify the use of a research methodology (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or other research design) that aligns with anti-oppressive principles. (C4.GP.A)
Be sure to support your ideas with relevant academic or professional research.
Discuss how the selected approach will enable exploration of the research question while challenging biases and promoting anti-oppressive strategies. (C4.GP.B)
Support your ideas with relevant academic or professional research.
Data Collection
Analyze a proposed data collection strategy using an anti-oppressive research lens, including how it will address intersectionality. (C4.GP.A)
Support your strategy with relevant academic or professional knowledge.
Ethical Considerations
Outline the ethical considerations to be addressed in the research, including informed consent, confidentiality, protection of participants from harm, and data protection and storage. (C4.GP.A)
Support your ideas with relevant academic or professional knowledge.
Discuss considerations for power dynamics and researcher positionality and bias. (C4.GP.B)
Support your ideas with relevant academic or professional knowledge.
Data Analysis and Dissemination
Discuss how to interpret and disseminate the findings in a way that contributes to anti-oppressive social work practice, policy, or programs, including considerations for technology and how to ensure that the research findings are accessible and actionable. (C4.GP.A)
Support your ideas with relevant academic and professional literature.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current Evidence and APA standards. Include a cover page and references page. See Evidence and APA Citation for Graduate Learners.
Font and font size: Use APA approved font and size.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Apply research findings to inform and improve practice, policy, and programs. (C4.GP.A)
Identify a specific research question related to the marginalized community or population that experiences oppression or social, economic, cultural, or environmental injustice. (C4.GP.A)
Select and justify the use of a research methodology (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or other research design) that aligns with anti-oppressive principles. (C4.GP.A)
Analyze a proposed data collection strategy using an anti-oppressive research lens, including how it will address intersectionality. (C4.GP.A)
Outline the ethical considerations to be addressed in the research, including informed consent, confidentiality, protection of participants from harm, and data protection and storage. (C4.GP.A)
Discuss how to interpret and disseminate the findings in a way that contributes to anti-oppressive social work practice, policy, or programs, including considerations for technology and how to ensure that the research findings are accessible and actionable. (C4.GP.A)
Competency 2: Identify ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods to advance the purposes of social work. (C4.GP.B)
Discuss how the proposed research project aims to actively involve the selected community or population in the research process and how their voices and perspectives will be prioritized. (C4.GP.B)
Discuss how the selected approach will enable exploration of the research question while challenging biases and promoting anti-oppressive strategies. (C4.GP.B)
Discuss considerations for power dynamics and researcher positionality and bias. (C4.GP.B)
Competency 3: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.