What does a peer review process look like? When does an assessment require peer review? Who should perform the peer review?
Category: Sociology
A video analysis
Please watch the following video. After you watch the video, please write your understanding from the video, and tell us what concepts you are comfortable with and which concepts are still challenging if any?
Graphic Display Of Sociological Theories
Create a Venn Diagram or other graphical representation to illustrate the relationship between the foundational sociological theories of work. Be sure to include Marx and Weber as well as other foundation theorists to provide a comprehensive picture of the forces that impact work in current society. Add labels and a short narrative to explain the connections (differences and similarities) between the various theories, as noted through the use of visual indicators.
Showing kindness, compassion, and forgiveness
What are some common examples that you have experienced where you have had to (as a manager or an employee) show kindness, compassion, and forgiveness?
A word brochure for families of students who may have disabilities.
Create a word brochure for families of students who may have disabilities. In your brochure, include the following
An explanation of RTI, MTSS, and the special education identification process
A visual to help families understand the explanation of RTI, MTSS, and the special education identification process
An overview of procedural safeguards and parental rights
A minimum of three local or national resources to support families who have children with disabilities
Support your findings with a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Charity and social justice
Please write short essays in response to the following prompts.
1. Himes and Massaro distinguish between charity and social justice. Explain that distinction. Give an example of your own that illustrates the distinction. In other words, give an example of what it might look like to address a social problem mainly through charity and how that differs from a social justice response. Be sure to bring in ideas from both materials and discuss how they compare and contrast. (Note: this question is focused on simply understanding the distinction itself; the next question delves deeper into the distinction) (150 to 300 words)
2. How do Himes and Massaro make the case that a life of service needs to include efforts to change social structures (work for social justice) that go beyond the level of charitable activities? Do you agree with this basic idea that Christians need to be involved at the social justice level? Do you think that working for social justice is perhaps more important in some ways than works of charity? Is it more important according to Himes and Massaro? Be sure to bring in ideas from both Himes and Massaro and discuss how they compare and contrast and how their views relate to your own. (250-400 words)
3. How specifically does the Farmworker Justice video illustrate what it means to take a social justice approach to a social problem? Do you see it as an example of people working for structural change? Why or why not? Is this possibly an example in which working for social justice is somehow better or more effective than charity? Make at least one connection to either Himes or Massaro to help explain and support your analysis. (250 to 400 words)
Massaro pages 1-6 and 11-15.pdfDownload Massaro pages 1-6 and 11-15.pdf https://smwc.instructure.com/courses/2699/files/479329?wrap=1
Himes Q. 41.pdfDownload Himes Q. 41.pdf https://smwc.instructure.com/courses/2699/files/479328/download?download_frd=1
Link to video:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2012/02/03/february-3-2012-farmworker-justice/10207/Links to an external site.
CPS interventions
To what extent can CPS interventions with unfit parents effectively prevent child harm, including cases of missing or deceased children?
A social group that was once considered “deviant,”
Choose a social group that was once considered “deviant,” but is now considered more acceptable in our society. How did this group migrate from deviance to normality? How was that change possible, given what you now know about theories of culture, meaning, deviance, etc.?
Choose a social group that is currently struggling against a deviant label. What actions does this group engage in that society considers deviant? Why does society have an interest (or at least think it has an interest) in informally or formally sanctioning those actions? Are there any social factors that have pressured that group to engage in the actions in question?
Primary and secondary socialization
What are some of the real-world social contexts (relationships, groups, institutions, etc.) in which primary and secondary socialization take place? Who are the significant others – i.e., people whose guidance, example, or judgment matters – in these contexts? What do you think are the roles these two different forms of socialization play in a person’s development over a lifetime?
Institutional discrimination
Consider the idea of “institutional discrimination,” which is described in your text as a form of discrimination that is embedded in the way social institutions function, regardless of whether or not the actors involved are personally prejudiced or intend to commit discriminatory actions. Do you think racism is a problem of personal prejudice or institutional discrimination? Why?