Culture from the Perspectives of Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, and Isaacs
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This 4 page report discusses the fact that perspectives on culture always require that one consider the personal experience and understanding, along with experience and timeframe of the person offering the perspective. A number of notable theorists in the realms of education, language, and socialization offer points of view that within given circumstances are all valid. Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Lev Vygotsky, and Susan Sutherland Isaacs? views are brifly discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Death, Dying & Bereavement
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An 18 page paper that provides a comprehensive discussion of the title topic. The introduction offers general comments about death, including the death system and attitudes. The next section discusses how attitudes towards death and dying have changed since the Middle Ages, including the emergence of living wills. The writer then discusses rituals, such as funerals, their purpose and how these rituals have changed over the years. A section on widowhood provides information regarding different customs the surviving wife must endure in different parts of the world. The longest section is on bereavement and how society and individuals face this challenge. The grief cycle is discussed at length, citing a number of writers. Finally, the writer relates bereavement practices to Kolb's learning model. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Dedham, Massachusetts: Commitment to Community
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An 8 page paper discussing the apparent atmosphere of a single community in this suburb of Boston. There are public programs available, but they exist for the good of the entire town rather than for only a minority segment of the population. Dedham appears not to have segregated itself into black, white and Hispanic, but rather to have chosen to be a city in which the interests and needs of all citizens - regardless of color or ethnicity - are addressed in the events within it. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Development and Application of Theory within Rural Studies
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This 6 page report discusses rural studies and certain theories directly related to this particular academic endeavor. Rural studies did not come into being until the point at which it became the exception rather than the norm in the modern life of the world?s most developed nations. Having reached that point, researchers, historians, and social scientists have come to understand the important contribution of the rural experience has made in the collective consciousness of humanity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Development: Environmental, Archaeological, and Human Issues in Developing Countries
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A 14 page discussion of the varied issues confronting developing countries in regard to their rural resources and inhabitants. Emphasizes the importance of sustainable development and the protection of ecological, archaeological and human resources. Presents examples of adverse impacts which have been incurred by each, as well as success stories which have occurred, as a result of development activities in the world's lesser technologically advanced countries. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Deviance in "American History X"
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A 5 page paper discussing racial hatred and deviance as they exist in the skinhead movement and as they are portrayed in this film. Within the movie and within the international skinhead movement, it appears that exposure does increase activity. As that activity becomes more common, people come to be more accustomed to it and less troubled by it. The most troubling deviance may not be that which drives the skinheads, but rather that which allows the movement to grow by adding greater numbers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Deviance: Living Outside The Norm
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This 10 page paper argues that The ideas surrounding what constitutes deviancy and how it should be approached have changed dramatically in the past fifty years. A new perspective that assesses the primary variables of the system in which an individual functions and then eliminates the problem of the dichotomy of 'us' and 'them' and places the individual within the process of decision making rather than as an either/or to conformity is needed in a world where society is becoming synonymous to diversity. Labeling theory and commitment theory are examined briefly. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Disabled African American Males & Vocational Rehabilitation
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This 6 page paper discusses the barriers and obstacles that face a young disabled African American male in terms of vocational rehabilitation counseling. Data provide the proportion of black versus white disabled who are employed full-time. Alternatives for counseling interventions are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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