Social work theory– practice relationship: Challenges to overcoming positivist and postmodern fragmentation

Abstract

This article analyzes the controversial relationship between theory and practice in social work and its positivist divorce and forced unity which reduces theory to an ‘instrumental-operational’ knowledge. The objective of this article is to contribute towards overcoming the positivistic rationality approach toward the theory and practice relationship. Based on a critical perspective, the author presents proposals to overcome some limitations of the conservative theory and practice approach.

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