Critically Thinking about Research (Core Competencies 1.1, 4.2) From a mainstream (legit) news organization (a TV news website, newspaper, magazine, etc. but NOT a blog), locate a recent (within the last calendar year) article that discusses an empirical study (i.e., research) relevant to social work and conducted in the United States. The article MUST report […]
What makes combating terrorism different than a conventional war?
Write a 500-800 word essay on the following prompt: What makes combating terrorism different than a conventional war? Why has terrorism been on the rise in recent decades?
What Is a Community? Discuss.
What Is a Community? We are surrounded by overlapping circles of communities all of the time. All clients and all social service organizations exist within the context of multiple communities. For this essay, look around you and notice a community you haven’t considered before. We often associate the term “community” with a geographically bound group […]
Compare and contrast indigenous feminisms and black feminisms
compare and contrast indigenous feminisms and black feminisms must use lecture videos, video links, and texts that I have attached to compare and contrast the last file has everything needed, including links.
Describe and provide a rationale for the types of interventions being used to improve the identified social welfare problem at the macro level.
Macro Supervisor Plan Students will prepare a brief macro supervision plan to include and assess policy practice and social justice issues at the macro level. Please identify a community in which you are the “supervisor” and then identify a macro level issue that may impact the work of one of your supervisees. Develop a brief […]
Compare and contrast differing and conflicting concepts of childhood and adolescence.
Unit learning outcomes 1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding Knowledge, understanding and evaluation of dominant discourses of development, culture and identity affecting children and young people. 2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities Develop a considered position on the application of rights and responsibilities to practice scenarios using key concepts to develop an informed […]
Why do you suppose the media coverage and resulting social fear about crack babies was a moral panic?
Watch the video “Crack Baby Moral Panic” Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvOzlBsRIE Please reply to both questions in only 3-4 sentences for each question. 1. Despite weak researcher evidence, why do you suppose the American public was so willing to believe that crack usage would lead to a generation of crack babies, and what does that tell us […]
Analyse how a child’s life is socially constructed in terms of their development and transition into adulthood.
You should submit an essay of 1500 words (there is no plus or minus 10%) in which you analyse how a child’s life is socially constructed in terms of their development and transition into adulthood. This should be discussed with particular regard to the ways that essentialist (that childhood has fixed attributes) and deterministic (outside […]
How could the goal of the policy become more effective?
This is PART 2 of your academic paper. It should be based on one of the topics shared and discussed in this course. Perhaps the most obvious topics will involve how public policy affects an aspect of public safety. The purpose of your paper is to demonstrate your in-depth knowledge of the topic you chose […]
To what extent is it accurate to characterize development as a conscious practice, a set of policies that alters gender relations in favour of men.
To what extent is it accurate to characterize development as ‘… a conscious practice, a set of policies [that] alters gender relations in favour of men…’ (Peet and Hartwick, 2015)