The article brings forward two questions: "how" the investigative dimension has been built up in the graduation courses of Social Work nowadays, and "if" the critical discourses that are linked to investigation and built up in the university can foster the professional action. To do so, both bibliography and field research were undertaken. The preliminary results show that the precariousness of university courses, professional formation, teaching conditions, social workers' working conditions, as well as their salaried condition and the commitment with the quality of the work and the intellectual formation are central to the analysis of the theme.
Keywords:
Social Work; Professional formation; Professional practice; Investigative dimension
