The social work research in Portugal: Oportunities and limits

Social work have a self-awareness, produced throughout their trajectory as a profession. This knowledge has been produced into education graduate (Bachelor), post-graduate education (masters and doctorates) and through the... [ view full abstract ]

Social work have a self-awareness, produced throughout their trajectory as a profession. This knowledge has been produced into education graduate (Bachelor), post-graduate education (masters and doctorates) and through the professional practices, and recently also in researches developed in the context of national and transnational research projects.
We distinguish in a first moment, the research carried out under teaching graduate-degree-especially at the level of academic internships, and in the fundamental and complementary courses units that integrate the curriculum of social work degrees, and in masters and doctoral programs and published mainly in books. We identify the contributions of some magazines in social work and other relevant publications, and considering the importance of the researches developed in research centers and we highlight opportunities and adversities with regard to the recognition of Social work as an autonomous knowledge.
Keywords: Social Work; Research; Education; Knowledge; Opportunities; Adversities