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Of all the major concepts introduced in Unit 3, which ones are most relevant to characterizing the nature of evil in The Secret History? Then draw on the characteristics of the relevant concepts to explain how the novel represents the nature of evil from Unit 3’s world view.
What does “Power” mean in an experiment?
As a supervisor, at some point in your social work career, you will find yourself in the position of power, and in a situation where corrective and disciplinary action is indicated. It is important for supervisors to have the knowledge and skills to navigate these difficult situations.
Instructions
For this assignment, discuss the interplay between the Social Work Standards for Supervision (2008), Reamer’s (1998) obligations of a supervisor, and supervisory authority and power. By providing relevant examples from your personal experiences, and a connection to the course content, discuss this interplay, and the challenges of balancing the supervisory role and how you as a supervisor will address what clinicians need to do differently to solve problems, to move outside their comfort zone, to be accountable, and to demonstrate honesty in their work.
Define the following concepts: Culture, Norms, Ideology, Power, Stereotypes, Discrimination, Institutionalized Discrimination, Prejudice, Stigma, Oppression, Resistance, Equality, Equity, Social Justice. An example for each concept.
As a supervisor, at some point in your social work career, you will find yourself in the position of power, and in a situation where corrective and disciplinary action is indicated. It is important for supervisors to have the knowledge and skills to navigate these difficult situations.
Discuss the interplay between the Social Work Standards for Supervision (2008), Reamer’s (1998) obligations of a supervisor, and supervisory authority and power. By providing relevant examples from your personal experiences, and a connection to the course content, discuss this interplay, and the challenges of balancing the supervisory role and how you as a supervisor will address what clinicians need to do differently to solve problems, to move outside their comfort zone, to be accountable, and to demonstrate honesty in their work.
Explain how this concept interacts with an area of your interest. Your area of interest could be a hobby, your academic field, your desired career, a place you care about, etc. How does this concept harm or help this interest of yours? Does this give you privilege or marginalize you within this space? You need to back this up with sources.
Based on your sociological analysis of this field you’re interested in, what would need to change to make it better?
How can you tangibly effect that change? Are there things you wish you had already done, things you can do now, and things you can plan to do in the future?
Based on your sociological analysis of this field you’re interested in, what would need to change to make it better?
How can you tangibly effect that change? Are there things you wish you had already done, things you can do now, and things you can plan to do in the future?
Choose one of the following to include in this week’s initial post:
Discuss an example from your life or from your observations that illustrates one or more of the concepts or theories you learned about in this week’s readings or audiovisual resources.
Locate a relevant and credible news report or other media story (an article, TV program, documentary, or radio program) that focuses on one or more of the concepts or theories you learned about in this week’s readings or audiovisual resources. Discuss which concepts or theories you noticed in your media selection.
Make sure you are clear in describing the course concept or theory that best applies to your experiences or observations. Regardless of which prompt you choose, you are encouraged to use one of the assigned readings or audiovisual resources to support your points. Respond to your classmates’ posts, sharing any commonalities or differences between your classmates’ perspectives and experiences and your own.
1. What institutions do you see in the article? What are they doing and why? What vocabulary, concepts, and theories have we learned about these institutions and behaviors?
2. What political behaviors are the people doing? What have we’ve learned about these behaviors–vocab, concepts, theories? How are people interacting with the institutions?
3. How does Texas political history, culture, power affect what is going on? What vocab, concepts, and theories have we learned to explain the context?