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Abstract
Recent empirical studies indicate that social work practitioners do not find research studies useful. We suggest that the limited use of research by practitioners is a function of a paradigmatic conflict between social work practice and social research associated with five issues: (1) objectivity and subjectivity, (2) research language and practice language, (3) descriptive (behavioral) theory and prescriptive (practice) theory, (4) discovery and proof, and (5) logical and extralogical processes. Examining these paradigmatic issues, the article differentiates between teaching social research and teaching social work research.