...Contents: Functionalism……………………………………………………………Pg.3 Marxism………………………………………………………………….Pg.4 Feminism………………………………………………………………...Pg.5 Interactionism…………………………………………………………...Pg.6 Collectivism……………………………………………………………...Pg.7 Post-Modernism………………………………………………………...Pg.8 New Right………………………………………………………………..Pg.9 You (Me)…………………………………………………………………Pg.10 Functionalism According to the functionalist perspective of sociology, each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society’s stability and functioning as a whole. For example, the government provides education for the children of the family, which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. That is, the family is independent upon the school to help children grow up to have good jobs so that they can raise and support their own families. In the process, the children become law-abiding, taxpaying citizens, who in turn support the state. If all goes well and to plan, parts of the society produce order, stability and productivity. If all doesn’t go to plan, then parts of the society then must adapt to recapture a new order, stability and productivity. For example, during a financial recession with its high rates of unemployment and inflation, social programs are trimmed or cut. Schools offer fewer programs. Then a new social order, stability and productivity occur. Functionalists also believe that society is held together by social consensus, in which members of the society agree upon, and works...
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...of adults over 65 years of age fall each year. Many will have some psychological consequences after a fall. A frequently expressed psychological factor is loss of confidence in self functioning. This may lead to physical deconditioning, depression, isolation from the society and a low quality of life. Low fall-related efficacy is associated with the number and severity of future falls in older adults with balance disorders (Bishop 2010). A critique of the qualitative study. The importance of identity in falls prevention is a qualitative study where author clearly offers a picture of the occurrence of falls, its prevention and the interventions in older adults who lives in our community. Each individual dreams to have a community where older adults can live to their maximum functional ability. In today's health care system, there are established interventions that can reduce the falls and help the older people to live a longer and better quality of life. This can be achieved by educating them with home environment modification, community based safety programmes, providing information about different services available in the society (Walker,...
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...Summary, Concepts & Main points. Bibliography Clifford Geertz (1972): Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. Daedalus, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 1-37 Summary The article by Clifford Geertz describes the explicit procedure and context in which Balinese cockfighting is performed. His first established presence in this unfamiliar country exposed him to an unwelcoming depiction of how the Balinese ignored foreigners. When fleeing with the locals upon a police raid from a cockfight, they overcame the biased expectations of the Balinese and were finally able to engage with the locals. His studies comprised primarily on cockfighting due to its diverse analogies associated to the Balinese every day life. The symbolic representation of the cock as an extension to the man, the importance of betting as a representation of their status and their approach to village rivalries through birds tearing each other apart demonstrates cockfighting is as significant a cultural expression to the Balinese as is baseball to Americans. Main Concepts Anthropological fieldwork is information collection outside of an office or laboratory where research on given subjects are conducted (Geertz, 1972, p. 2). Visitor status is social standing or perception on someone who does not come from their “home” (Geertz, 1972, p. 2). Narcissistic ego is the excessive interest in self-importance and status (Geertz, 1972, p. 3). Platonic love is a none sexual but intimate relationship with something or someone...
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...reflect the views of USAID. ISBN: 0-939704-98-6 Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector’s Field Guide © 2005 by Family Health International Family Health International P.O. Box 13950 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 USA http://www.fhi.org E-mail: publications@fhi.org Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Case Study Module 1 — Qualitative Research Methods Overview Introduction to Qualitative Research Comparing Quantitative and Qualitative Research Sampling in Qualitative Research Recruitment in Qualitative Research Ethical Guidelines in Qualitative Research Suggested Readings Module 2 — Participant Observation Overview of Participant Observation Ethical Guidelines Logistics of Participant Observation How to Be an Effective Participant Observer Tips for Taking Field Notes Suggested Readings Case Study Samples Participant Observation Steps Module 3 — In-Depth Interviews Overview of In-Depth Interviewing Ethical Guidelines Logistics of Interviewing How to Be an Effective Interviewer Tips for Taking Interview Notes Suggested Readings Case Study Samples...
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...The Scientific Method: Observation and Hypothesis INTRODUCTION By now, you have examined a variety of phenomena in the natural world A focus of environmental science is to explain these phenomena. That is, what are the causes and effects of such phenomena? How does one go about investigating the causes and effects such that the conclusions are meaningful and reliable? The answer is the scientific method, which uses designed experiments and careful observations to investigate causes and effects. The scientific method is the systematic procedure for investigation, which generally is composed of the following: 1. Observe a phenomenon 2. Formulate a hypothesis: a tentative description that explains your observation 3. Design and conduct an experiment to test the hypothesis 4. Present your results 5. Interpret the results that validate or modify the hypothesis Step 1—Observed Phenomenon Suppose you observe that an environmental phenomenon (e.g., rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri are no longer present in a nearby polluted river). You could conduct research by examining the literature to determine what other studies have been done to help you find an explanation. However, the studies may not be directly applicable. You might want to design and conduct your own study. Step 2—Formulate a Hypothesis The second step is to formulate a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a statement of the cause and effect in a specific situation. It is a...
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...How did the video Kony 2012 by Invisible Children Inc. become so popular within a few days and why was the hype over just as quickly? Abstract This short paper is concerned with the popularity of the video Kony 2012. We will both analyze the popularity of and the criticism on the content of the video, by examining how the video became so popular, focusing on the usage of social media, and how the criticism on the video evolved. Next to the explanation of the popularity of the video and the criticism on the video, we will address the positive and negative aspects of Kony 2012. Introduction There is one video on YouTube, launched on the 5th of March 2012, with more than 93 million views, evidenced to be the “fastest spreading viral video of all time” (Steel in Cavanagh, 2012). This video is named Kony 2012, after the man Joseph Kony, number one criminal in the world (Invisible Children, 2012). Kony 2012 focuses on the war in Northern Uganda, between the Lord’s Resistance Army founded by Joseph Kony and the citizens of Uganda. In 1988, Joseph Kony founded the LRA, with the aim to clean the nation spiritually (Blattman, 2009). Because not many people joined the army by free will, the army started abducting people. When in 1995 the recruitment got stronger and stronger, they started to abduct on a larger scale. From 1995 to 2004 they kidnapped 60,000 to 80,000 younger people (Blattman, 2009). In the video, Joseph Kony is accused of abducting youth, forcing them to kill their parents...
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...of state power. Explanation The first dimension of power is behaviourism according to Robert Dahl’s famous definition of power is: ‘’A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do’’ which means that according to behaviourist philosophes in order to find out where power is we need to study different individuals behaviour. First dimension of power is pluralism. One of the pluralist observes was Robert Dahl who decided to monitor behaviour of city actors in New Heaven, Connecticut. Dahl wanted to abolish the myth that it is the business leaders that hold all the power in Atlanta. Dahl findings stated that access to states resources was spread throughout the society (different pressure groups) in other words it was non-cumulative, in addition Dahl findings stated that the power was dispersed through...
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...Physiocrats sects arose as a critique of economic thought Merchantilist. Mercantilists argued that wealth could be beneficial for the country to be strong and prosperous country should be rich, have a lot to have a lot of precious metal. Praklasik sect that is the Merchantilist pioneered by Thomas Mun (1571-1641), Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683). A mercantilist economic policy model with the dominant government intervention, protectionism and colonial politics, aimed at foreign trade balance. Pioneering mercantilist stressed the importance of state power and conquest abroad as the main policies of the economic policy. If a country does not have a supply of the raw material they need to get the colony as a provider of the shortage. Further colonies not only as a provider of raw materials for a country but also as a market for finished goods. In contrast to the mercantilism, the Physiocrats assume that the source of wealth as real-fact is a natural resource. During the enlightment, French Physiocrats was first pioneered the economic theory stands. Character is Francois Quesnay (1694-1774), a diagram creation is the famous Table Economique. - These people called the physiocratism = physics (natural) and cratain or cratos (power). The Physiocrats believed that...
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...I work as a community nurse and I have recently become intrigued about one of my patients requiring treatment for a leg ulcer. For the purpose of this assignment I shall call her MA, because as a nurse and a professional I have professional and ethical duty to protect patient identities (Quacker Nursing Council [QNC]2010). My rationale for selection of topic is that Leg ulcers (LU) cost this country’s health service an estimated 200million quars per year in hospitalisation fees for those individuals who do not have health insurance (Quacker Health Board [QHB] 2012, Wilson 2010). An outline of LU is provided in Appendix One, while Appendix two provides a synopsis of MA and her LU. Community nurses are increasingly seeing patients with LU as insurers only pay for three episodes of treatment for one condition (Medins 2011). This disadvantages those patients like MA, as if they have a long term or chronic condition they may not receive treatment or care and this in turn will raise the country’s morbidity and mortality rates. In the UK the Government provides all healthcare free at the point of delivery and prevention of ill- Health and patient’s taking responsibility for managing their own illness or disease is viewed as an important Public Health Strategy ( DH 2010). In this assignment I will discuss strengths and limitations of evidence based practice (EBP),sourcing different forms of evidence which will enable me to provide the best evidence-based practice I can for my patients...
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...An essay that critically examines the role of practitioners in recognising the socio-cultural influences on the development of children In the development of provision for children, traditional developmental theory has been highly influential: Over the years I have become frustrated by the strident emphasis on developmental theory in early childhood education (Walsh 2005:40) Particular relevance has been held concerning constructivist theory and the work of Piaget (1977) and Vygotsky (1978): The academic understanding of learning that underpins current trends in early childhood education are most significantly based upon principles of social constructivism that are drawn from both Vygotsky and Piaget (Anning et al 2008:153) Typically, traditional child development theory is thought to give order and meaning to a child’s progression in terms of physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development and provides practitioners with a set of normative descriptors from which a child’s development can be measured. However, more recently these notions have been questioned and there has been a growth of theory from a socio-cultural perspective: recent challenges to ways of understanding and living in the world have included issues of difference, identity, culture, intellect, and economy…Early Childhood Educators have responded in various ways to such diversity. Many continue to support the developmentalist notion of the universal child…still others merge a variety...
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...Positive human relations functions are the basis for leadership success. Success for positive interactions in human relations is based on strong communication skills (GCU, 2014). Employee human relations and organizational human relations are developed at work. Therefore, human relations can be defined as the study of human behavior at work and an effort to take action in operating situations in order to produce better results. However, the art and science of human relations was not formally dealt with until the second half of the 19th century. Workers’ needs were beginning to be addressed at that time. Development of the human relations theory happened in six stages. The stages are classical thinking, systematic development, teaching and practice, refinement, decline, and evolving (Razik & Swanson, 2010). Stage 1 or the Stage of Classical Thinking happened Pre-1930’s. This stage states that human behavior is determined by economic needs and goals. Incentives contribute to the necessities of life and replenishment in the workforce. It is also thought that human problems are what stand in the way of productivity (Razik & Swanson, 2010). In today’s schools, teachers are incentivized by higher wages and benefits. Additionally, teachers are sometimes paid stipends for work with students after hours. Stage 2 or Systematic Development took place between the years of 1930-1950. The majority of modern human relations theory and practice developed during this...
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...4. Community policing as a counter-terrorism strategy The first reaction of most police services was to abandon the community policing philosophy in the so-called “war on terror”. Many returned to the traditional model of policing with its paramilitaristic approach. This phenomenon could in fact be observed in Belgium after the terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22nd, 2016. Critics however view this approach as counterproductive. It undoes all progress made by community policing in gaining trust from the public (Murray, 2005). In the aftermath of the events on 9/11, authors such as Murray (2005), Rice (2015), Paris (2007) and Pickering et al. (2007), all proposed to explicitly use community policing strategies to counter terrorism. Now...
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...Analysis of an Ideologue Template |Introductory Information | |Ideologue’s Name |Charles Darwin-France | |Birth-Death Years |February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882 (Hustad, 2016) | |Picture of Ideologue: Find a |[pic] | |digital photo of the | | |individual and paste it here.| | |Most Noted For | ...
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...describe through your reflection of how the school promotes partnership and dialogue. You’re Map For this process, go through the following steps: | | |observation Report on Interaction | | | |Name: Langga, Neljun S. Year / Course: BSED-III | |School Observed: SND Integrated School___________________________ | |Grade level: First year____________________ Section: A | |Subject Observed: English | | | |Observations: | | | |Student-to-student Interaction Patterns:...
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...Canada, a land known for its multiculturalism and friendliness, but also by Stairs for its negative foreign policy. The basis of this argument comes from his observation that Canadians have grown increasingly pompous in their handling of international affairs (1). They have fallen into a state of confusion, where they view their values as superior to those of the rest of the world (1). As a result, their American relations, along with those overseas have been negatively affected (1). This flawed foreign policy stands on the basis of three pillars: security, prosperity, and values and culture (2). While for the most part, these are not bad goals, pillar number three is where the conflict lies (2). This opens the conversation as to whether Canadians truly believe in such values that they are pushing on the international community. Stairs argues that they often do not, and moreover, when they do it is only because they have the money to support them (17). He would lead one to believe that Canada, along with all other nations, are merely self-interested with no regard for the benefit of anyone else. This is not the case. Stairs’ argument stems from the third of the three pillars. This rule governing our actions abroad, was meant to show Canada as an intelligent and cultural nation, but has instead been used to project our values on...
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