1. Describe theoretical frameworks or paradigms that influence social work practice.
2. Apply social work theory to practice.
3. Evaluate their ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into their practice.
1. Identify and describe three social work theories that have had the most impact on your practice.
2. Provide an example of how you have incorporated each of theories identified into your social work practice (each theory can have a different example, there is no need to attempt to incorporate every theory into one example).
3. Identify and describe two social work theories that you have tried or like but have found challenging and provide an example for each.
4. Evaluate your ability to integrate the theory into your practice.
5. Formulate a realistic plan on how to strengthen the links between social work theories and your practice.
In their analysis of the development of criminology, Loader and Sparks (2011) refer to the ‘paradox of successful failure’. With reference to relevant examples, critically discuss what they mean by this .
Writer has to compare and contrast two approaches to recovery in mental health and social inclusion.
Explain the delivery, funding and organisational roles of the state, market and civic (informal) sectors in the mixed economy of welfare, in contemporary United Kingdom society?
How does adopting contextual safeguarding approaches assist social workers when working with situations of extrafamilial harm (EFH) in adolescents.
Explore law and policy relevant to this situation. How would you apply this?
Discuss what social work skills and knowledge would be needed?
What theoretical perspectives would inform social work practice?
Using a case study of a project that has made explicit use of Market Systems Approach (MSA or M4P) in its design and/or implementation, examine the degree to which that approach is able to contribute to sustained poverty reduction at scale.
The first two framing questions for the Inequality in America program are as follows:
What are some of the root causes of increasing levels of economic, political, and social inequality and poverty and how does this impact various social classes and groups in the United States?
How are economic, political, and social inequality and poverty reproduced? Consider the two sub-questions here.
What mechanisms, systems, structures and/or behaviors perpetuate inequality?
How does the political system remain stable in the face of continuing and increasing inequality and poverty? Why do people “consent”? And why do some people sometimes act against their own interests?
Below is the requirements of the 6 page essay. I also uploaded the digital version of the “Clash” source
Context: Clash! explores various cultural issues through the perspective of that of the objective outsider. Outsiders may be thought of as people like social scientists, journalists, missionaries, etc. who stand at the outside of a culture and look in. On the other hand, some of our readings offer us the perspective of insiders, natives to that culture like Joe Bageant. Joe Bageant, in his essay on the hunting culture of the Appalachians, gives us an insider’s perspective on his culture. So that we might gain a better understanding of the complexity of culture , Essay 3 invites you to examine a culture from both points of view, from that of the outsider and the insider.
Assignment: Identify a culture or perhaps some cultural phenomena, then compare and contrast both insider and outsider perspectives, discussions, and explanations of that culture or cultural phenomena; in addition to comparing outsider and insider perspective you will also engage in a cause-and-effect analysis of that culture or some of its practices.
Your outsider-perspective analysis must include the theories, concepts, and studies present in Clash!. In addition to the theories presented in Clash!, you may include other theories discovered through your own research. But make sure that your essay makes use of the concepts from Clash!, concepts such as the culture cycle, dependence/interdependence, and any other areas of cultural analysis explored in Clash! that are relevant to your essay.
In addition to the outsider perspective found in Clash! and other academic sources you find relevant, your essay must use an insider source. An insider source is the product of a native or natives of that culture. Novels, poetry, music, movies, visual and/or digital arts, interviews, academic work from natives to that culture, as well as other sources may serve as insider perspectives.
Academic discourse often favors the outside expert’s point of view. For example, if you were to explore female genital mutilation, you would likely hear many voices from outsiders, most of whom would likely be, understandably, critical of the practice. However, in this assignment, an essay that only explored this outsider position would be incomplete. You must go further and find insider voices, people for whom the practice is natural and normal, or at least those who have experienced it firsthand. Then, through comparison and contrast of these perspectives and cause-and-effect analysis, arrive at a more thorough exploration of your chosen culture or cultural phenomena/phenomenon.
Length and Formatting: 6-7 pages (not including works cited page). Follow MLA conventions for academic writing: In general, 1-inch margins all around, 12-point MLA-approved font (Times New Roman if uncertain), double-spaced, page number and last name in upper right-hand header (.5” from the top).
Sources: You will need at least four sources.
Clash!
One insider source of your choosing
One multimedia source representing insider perspective
One additional academic article accessed through our college databases
Organization: The dominant rhetorical mode of this assignment is compare/contrast (and perhaps some synthesis) and cause and effect. There are a couple of ways to organize a compare-and-contrast essay. One method is whole-to-whole while the other is part-to-part. We will talk about the specifics of each of these. You will need to decide what method is most appropriate for your topic. Also, your essay will benefit from use of our previously studied rhetorical modes.
The Purpose: This is a research assignment (blended with some cultural analysis and perhaps a little psychology or economics or biology, depending on the direction of your exploration and your own areas of interest) designed to help you practice the research and the higher-order analysis waiting for you at the university level.
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