Research Question: "What are the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students in field placements and how teaching diversity can and inclusion for social work practice and education effectively address the anti-Blackness in predominantly white schools of social work?"
Discuss potential results. If you were to conduct the study, what would you expect the results to show? What would you do if the data didn't align with your expectations?
The proposed methodological approach for this research study is qualitative research using purposive sampling. Purposive sampling is a non-probability sampling technique that is used to select a specific group of participants who have the characteristics or experiences that are relevant to the research question. In this case, the study aims to explore the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students in field placements. Therefore, the researchers will use purposive sampling to select participants who are BIPOC students in field placements. Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to understand the experiences, perspectives, and meanings of individuals or groups. This approach is appropriate for this study as it aims to explore the experiences of BIPOC students in field placements, which is a complex and nuanced topic that can be best understood through the voices and perspectives of the participants themselves. (Patton, 2015.) The choice of qualitative research and purposive sampling is also justified by the fact that this study aims to explore the experiences of BIPOC students in predominantly white schools of social work and how teaching diversity and inclusion can effectively address the anti-Blackness in these schools. These are complex issues that cannot be fully understood through quantitative data alone, and require the rich, in-depth insights that can be obtained through qualitative research. (Creswell, 2018.)