SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK: SWK 1206-N02 May 20th – July 17th 2014 Meeting Day and Time: Tuesday and Thursday – 10am-11:50am Building 12‚ Room 375 Instructor: Nkechi Green MSW‚ LMSW Email: nkechi.green@sinclair.edu or Angel Department Website: www.sinclair.edu/departments/soc Department phone: Administrative Assistant 512-2944 Text: Social Work‚ an Empowering Profession‚ 8th. Ed. DuBuois‚ B. and Miley‚ K (2011)‚ Allyn & Bacon Composition
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Critically discuss the extent to which Psychology as a discipline can be considered: a) scientific and b) objective/value free. The question of Psychology being a science is straightforward. Science is an absolute concept. Something can not be moderately scientific‚ just as something can not be moderately true; it either is or it isn’t‚ as there is no in between measure of the concept. The question of Psychology being objective and value free‚ however‚ is more complex. Objectivity can be achieved
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Why is the relationship between the sciences and humanities so fraught with suspicion? Is there a contradiction in the very aims of these different forms of research‚ and if so‚ can it be reconciled? The relationship between the sciences and humanities is fraught with suspicion because of an important point of contradiction between the two. (Natural) sciences are built primarily on the basis that there is a great deal of objectivity within. For example‚ the optimal temperature of the human body
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Social action theories are known as micro theories which take a bottom-up approach to studying society; they look at how individuals within society interact with each other. There are many forms of social action theories‚ the main ones being symbolic interactionism‚ phenomenology and ethnomethodology. They are all based on the work of Max Weber‚ a sociologist‚ who acknowledged that structural factors can shape our behaviour but individuals do have reasons for their actions. He used this to explain
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Teachers’ Understandings on the Nature of Science: Implications to Science Education Reforms in the Philippines Abstract. This study investigates the conceptions on the nature of science (NOS) among new and experienced teachers in the Philippines. An in-depth analysis of the Likert and constructed responses revealed the participants’ understandings on six NOS themes. Findings suggest that the notions of both groups are generally in the uninformed state and essentially at the same level with
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To start with it should be mentioned that India’s history of science and technology has special features such as: 1. India belongs to one of the oldest civilized cultures with a long tradition in science and technology. Her history of science can be studied in a different context compared to that of other modern civilizations. 2. For a long time‚ India was under the influence of foreign cultures. The history of Indian science and technology is the history of transfer of technical knowledge
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Advertisement and Sciences – Five diverse views Being primarily consumers‚ our view on advertisement is extremely biased. We consider most of it as excessively annoying and censure the advertising industry while at the same time we are highly receptive to their efforts‚ and as if that was not enough we take part in collegiate neurological studies on consumer behaviour. The advertising industry uses our behaviour as a tool and the better they become the less we are annoyed by all the banners
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Science‚ Technology‚ and Society Essay 1. According to the social history of science‚ science‚ technology‚ and society has a special bond among these three. As taught in the lectures‚ societies create science and technology and science and technology makes societies better. Now these three co-exist with one another‚ one may be totally independent of the other one like science and technology but they have this special bond that connects all the three objects. With this special bond among the
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Methodology of Political Science Objectives: At the end of my report my classmates should be able to: 1) Understand the current fields of study of Political Science in which most political scientists work. 2) Differentiate the Relationship of Political Science with other Disciplines‚ especially among those in the social sciences which is closely linked with one another. 3) Apply the different methods of Political Science used by political scientists for the study of
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Cargo cult science is a term used by Richard Feynman to describe a method or idea that imitates the scientific process but is not done for a scientific purpose. In “The Uncertainty of Science” he goes on to clarify that legitimate science accounts for the uncertainties found in science: it is the search for answers‚ faults in methods‚ and data to support theories. However‚ in “Cargo Cult Science” Feynman explains how sometimes “science” is used for personal gain‚ instead of for the benefit of society
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