Discourse, identity and socialisation: A textual analysis of the 'accounts' of student social workers

Pithouse, Andrew Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595 and Roscoe, Karen D. 2018. Discourse, identity and socialisation: A textual analysis of the 'accounts' of student social workers. Critical and Radical Social Work 6 (3) , pp. 345-362. 10.1332/204986016x14761129779307

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Abstract

This article draws on interview data from student social workers engaged in assessing the needs of adults in Wales, UK. The data were collected as part of a doctoral study conducted by the lead author (Roscoe, 2014), which utilised a form of discourse analysis to explore students’ accounts as ‘texts’. The concept of ‘text’ refers to an account, exchange or narrative and can be interpreted at a number of levels (Halliday, 1978). Texts represent personal, occupational and professional domains of meaning, and through textual analysis, we can grasp the way occupational identity and day-to-day practices are constructed through subjective and institutional sets of knowledge, values and beliefs. This article will draw upon Fairclough’s (1989) method of critical discourse analysis to explore and interpret student texts and, in doing so, will reveal their multilayered character in respect of cultural, social and political influences.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	critical discourse analysis; genres; identity; professional socialisation
Additional Information:	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in 'Critical and Radical Social Work' . The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/204986016X14761129779307
Publisher:	Policy Press
ISSN:	2049-8608
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	15 November 2016
Date of Acceptance:	3 October 2016
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2024 12:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96154

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