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School Violence, Poverty, Racism and the Nation's Schools

as a whole, or toward an individual because he (or she) is a member of that group" (Spencer, 1998, p. 25). By and large, schools ...

Social Studies Instruction/Parental Involvement

in the education and over all development of their childrens obtaining of academic and social skills is an objective for which bo...

Applications of the Social Ecology Model

Social Ecology Model that have appeared in scholarly literature; however, the original and most highly utilized version of this mo...

Policy Development, Political Activism in Social Work

levels of practice: Social work takes place along a continuum that extends from "micro practice," which refers to interaction with...

Can Friendships Reduce Employee Turnover

and communication networks. This section is followed by a literature review that discusses prior research related to organizatio...

Social Work Practice/Advanced Generalist Role

3). In regards to the change process itself, Kurt Lewin, in his pioneering work on this topic in the 1950s, has pointed out that...

The Problem Solving Process

awareness," pertains to both the worker and the client endeavoring to "increase their awareness of the problem (Derezotes, 2000, p...

Need for Social Workers to be Politically Active

barriers may be external, i.e., in terms of legal restrictions (Hepworth, et al, 2010). Research shows that the social workers, wh...

Planned Change at Micro Level of Social Work Practice

2000, p. 3). However, by taking an ecological perspective on assessment, the social worker takes a broader perspective that also c...

Effective Communication

a client apologizes for being late, explaining, "I had to rush across town from the office"; and the worker responds, "It sounds l...

Social Networking/Associated Problems

Facebook accounts and 81 percent did not and, furthermore, only thirteen CEOs had profiles on the "professional networking site Li...

The Connection between Race, Religiousity and Intimate Partner Violence

the three hypotheses used in this study. Theoretical Perspective The theoretical perspective identified in the study relates the...

The Causes of and Solutions to Russia's Social Inequalities

Soviet infrastructure near the end of the 20th century, the Russian economy has undergone many interesting changes. From an outsid...

The Stonewall Riots

and boundaries or the actual physical contact among its members, but by the mental image of affinity," which he associated with "t...

Views of Art Critic T.J. Clark

Currently, he is a Chancellors Professor of Modern Art at the University of California at Berkley.8 Born in Bristol in the United ...

Overview of Cancer

which refers to tumors that have invaded surrounding tissue; or it may be considered to be "metastatic," which refer to tumors sen...

Leadership Behaviors Analysis

The leadership of Mr. S. fits with this theoretical approach in that this supervisor views subordinates as capable of self-motivat...

How Social Psychology Differs

counseling psychology and clinical practice. It differs from personality psychology because it focuses more on the influences of ...

Societal Understanding of the Concept of Childhood

12). The idea that childhood is a social construct was formulated by Philippe Aries in 1962 (King, 2007). Aries argued that whil...

Child Homicide

Grace and Whitehurst conducted through the University of Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, researchers separated filicide,...

Social Work Issues

its application Evidence-based practice (EBP) refers to the process of incorporating the findings of empirically-conducted resear...

Indian Caste System

and overview of India India is home to one of the worlds largest populations and has a population that is ethnically, culturally...

How Business will change with the Advent of Social Media

noted a spokesperson for the airline (Broken guitar song gets airlines attention, 2009). However, while the airline did donate $3,...

Social Stratification and Paradigms

is inevitable as long as some roles are valued more than others. As Davis and Moore point out, social inequality can be viewed as ...

Two Issues/Social Stratification

surpass them (Kerbo, 2009, p. 52). As this indicates, issues of power, status and economics have tremendous influenced the ways in...

Mapping the Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse

impact how a person perceives the counseling relationship, how they react to certain situations, and how they define their persona...

Social Support Services for the Elderly

the support services that are available vary widely according to location (Seggewiss, 2009, p. E90) The rapidly increasing number...

Born on the Fourth of July

person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...

Gordon S. Wood/The American Revolution

policies enraged the colonist who saw them as encroachment on their traditionally established liberties. What the British saw as t...

Development & Sub-Sahara

to develop (Terray 38). According to classical evolutionary theory, as argued by early sociologists such as Auguste Comte, socia...