A Philosophy of a Social Studies Education Kyle P. O’Brien Miami University In consideration of every field in education I believe that there is none more impactful than that of a social studies class at an adolescent level. Whereas other disciplines can also challenge students to think critically and in new‚ creative ways‚ a social studies course has the unique opportunity to teach content in a way fundamentally essential to the progression of society. If the next generation is to uphold equality
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Whiteness studies incorporate aspects such as the cultural‚ social and historical factors relative to the people identified as the white citizens in the United States. These studies exist around the idea that white privilege is in fact alive in our social world. Meaning the playing field isn’t level between different races and that white individual’s benefit from it. Whiteness Studies were popular in the mid-1990s. During that time there were numerus studies that surrounded whiteness. The authors
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What is sociology? Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is diverse‚ ranging from crime to religion‚ from the family to the state‚ from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture‚ and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by
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Shakespeare Controlled Assessment - Draft Despite fate’s grasp on Romeo and Juliet being clear from the beginning‚ their choices in the play cause fate to build momentum and accelerate their lives to their inevitable end. Shakespeare’s original presentation of fate is of an inescapable event‚ but how the characters get there is less certain and more chance. Whereas Luhrmann’s fate is cruller and more controlling‚ but both interpretations of fate have the result of uniting the feuding families.
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diagnosis does the client have? You must state what you see in the case study that is leading you to believe the client has a particular diagnosis. Diagnosis: Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) (F40.10) According to the DSM-5 (2013)‚ the characteristic symptoms of social anxiety disorder are marked‚ or intense‚ fear or anxiety of social situations in which the individual may be scrutinized by others. When exposed to such social situations‚ the individual fears that he or she will be negatively evaluated
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Practically a quarter of referrals to children’s social care resulted in no action being taken (Cleaver and Walker with Meadows 2004). Lord Laming’s progress report (2009) also expressed concerns that referrals to children’s services from other professionals did not always lead to an initial assessment
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Assignment Adult Social Development Case Study Project Interview another person in adulthood that is 18 years of age or older. This would be someone in either early adulthood‚ middle adulthood or late adulthood. Ask them the following questions. Encourage your subject to give more than “yes” or “no” answers 1. Do you feel successful and satisfied with life? Why or why not? 2. What specific goals did you make earlier in life? Did you achieve these goals? Are there any goals that you have not
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the Social Unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s?What factors contributed to the social unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s? “As a consequence of the riot‚ the first awakenings of a new political awareness began to be felt in the hearts of black people‚ time and the remarkable foresight‚ courage and initiative of a few dedicated members of the majority were all that were required to crystallize this awareness into a mighty political force.” – Doris Johnson‚ the Quiet Revolution in the Bahamas: Family
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Social Problems Exam #2 Study Guide This study guide is intended to provide you with a fairly comprehensive list of concepts that you should know for this exam. Keep in mind that your exams will be created from a larger pool of questions‚ so it is possible that you will not see a question over everything on this list. Chapter 6: Characteristics of urban and suburban areas Urban-suburban shifts over the past 50 years Deindustrialization Corporate movements Mortgage lending practices and redlining
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The social rate of return to education looks at the positive externalities of schooling‚ e.g. faster innovation‚ enhanced productivity‚ and the accrued benefits for the entire community. To give an estimation of its magnitude‚ social costs and social gains of education must be considered. Costs comprise the public spending destined to education‚ that usually represents one of the top three public expenditure recipients. The benefits are the sum of the private returns for each citizen and the benefits
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