Social Studies - Lower Township Elementary School
... Evaluate the impact of voluntary and involuntary immigration on America’s growth as a nation, historically and today. Explain how key events led to the creation of the United States and the state of New Jersey. Use physical and political maps to explain how the location and spatial relationship o ...
... Evaluate the impact of voluntary and involuntary immigration on America’s growth as a nation, historically and today. Explain how key events led to the creation of the United States and the state of New Jersey. Use physical and political maps to explain how the location and spatial relationship o ...
Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace: Strategies for Pedagogical
... Engineering (NAE) workshop with the title “Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development,” 2 which was hosted by NAE’s Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society under the direction of Rachelle Hollander. This workshop covered themes such as engineering for people with special ...
... Engineering (NAE) workshop with the title “Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development,” 2 which was hosted by NAE’s Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society under the direction of Rachelle Hollander. This workshop covered themes such as engineering for people with special ...
R-Words: Refusing Research
... sacred, and what can’t be known. To speak of limits in such a way makes some liberal thinkers uncomfortable, and may, to them, seem dangerous. When access to information, to knowledge, to the intellectual commons is controlled by the people who generate that information [participants in a research s ...
... sacred, and what can’t be known. To speak of limits in such a way makes some liberal thinkers uncomfortable, and may, to them, seem dangerous. When access to information, to knowledge, to the intellectual commons is controlled by the people who generate that information [participants in a research s ...
The Nature of Social Reality - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... of its main concepts. Searle’s approach continues to shape the debate, but his construction is more and more sharply dissected, both in its details and in its general assumptions. Furthermore, new perspectives, not rooted in analytical tradition, are taking place, so that not only alternative answer ...
... of its main concepts. Searle’s approach continues to shape the debate, but his construction is more and more sharply dissected, both in its details and in its general assumptions. Furthermore, new perspectives, not rooted in analytical tradition, are taking place, so that not only alternative answer ...
INQUIRY COMMUNITY IN AN ACTIVITY THEORY FRAME
... 27), rather than “the idea that mental functioning in the individual derives from participation in social life”, “the specific structures and processes of intramental processing can be traced to their genetic precursors on the intermental plane”. The key idea for us here is that human activity is mo ...
... 27), rather than “the idea that mental functioning in the individual derives from participation in social life”, “the specific structures and processes of intramental processing can be traced to their genetic precursors on the intermental plane”. The key idea for us here is that human activity is mo ...
Ideology - Ashton Southard
... make sense of, figure out and render intelligible the way society works.” ...
... make sense of, figure out and render intelligible the way society works.” ...
Agency-Structure Relation in Social Sciences
... In addition, Sewell indicates agency varies due to their occupancy of different social positions in society. Some individuals due to their positions have more access to resources and exercise more influence over others. Occupancy of different social positions can be by social prestige, wealth, class ...
... In addition, Sewell indicates agency varies due to their occupancy of different social positions in society. Some individuals due to their positions have more access to resources and exercise more influence over others. Occupancy of different social positions can be by social prestige, wealth, class ...
幻灯片 1
... the old-moded job assignments…and through sharing welfare created by the common efforts of the whole society, as well as through the amalgamation of the city and the countryside, can talents of the whole society members be fully developed.’ Lenin also points out that ‘The status of rural residents c ...
... the old-moded job assignments…and through sharing welfare created by the common efforts of the whole society, as well as through the amalgamation of the city and the countryside, can talents of the whole society members be fully developed.’ Lenin also points out that ‘The status of rural residents c ...
Social Class and Education (1999) in D. Matheson and I. Grosvenor
... working class but whose ambitions are far broader than those of their parents’ and grandparents’ has been made, more recently (in January 1999) by Tony Blair (White 1999). Since the consumer boom of the 1950s, they claim, and since social mobility — moving from one class to another — has been made e ...
... working class but whose ambitions are far broader than those of their parents’ and grandparents’ has been made, more recently (in January 1999) by Tony Blair (White 1999). Since the consumer boom of the 1950s, they claim, and since social mobility — moving from one class to another — has been made e ...
Performing biospheric futures with younger generations: a case in
... Two groups were created, and participants were asked to react to several guiding questions and create a collective still image of the community of Los Angeles (subgroup 1) and of the youth in the community (subgroup 2). Under the motto “Three, two, one... Action!” these images were then “activated” ...
... Two groups were created, and participants were asked to react to several guiding questions and create a collective still image of the community of Los Angeles (subgroup 1) and of the youth in the community (subgroup 2). Under the motto “Three, two, one... Action!” these images were then “activated” ...
The Enlightenment, Popper and Einstein - Philsci
... In order to enhance the quality of human life, make progress towards an enlightened world, the problems we need to solve are, fundamentally, problems of living, problems of action, not problems of knowledge. Even where new knowledge and technology are needed, as in agriculture or medicine for examp ...
... In order to enhance the quality of human life, make progress towards an enlightened world, the problems we need to solve are, fundamentally, problems of living, problems of action, not problems of knowledge. Even where new knowledge and technology are needed, as in agriculture or medicine for examp ...
Social Science PETER WINCH The British Journal of Sociology
... say that they are in possession of concepts. Further, there are many kinds of explanation of human behaviour which do not share this characteristic: an example would be a biological principle such as " human beings eat in order to maintain their metabolism ". People eat even if they do not under sta ...
... say that they are in possession of concepts. Further, there are many kinds of explanation of human behaviour which do not share this characteristic: an example would be a biological principle such as " human beings eat in order to maintain their metabolism ". People eat even if they do not under sta ...
Knowing your publics: the use of social media analytics in local
... As well as providing research participants with an opportunity to experiment with the tools, we presented some examples of the types of results the tools can generate. Before the workshop, working with our key contacts, we conducted network analysis of some council social media accounts and of influ ...
... As well as providing research participants with an opportunity to experiment with the tools, we presented some examples of the types of results the tools can generate. Before the workshop, working with our key contacts, we conducted network analysis of some council social media accounts and of influ ...
The social in social science
... understand. This leads us to assess how situational factors influence research practice. At this stage, it is sensible to highlight two aspects of what it means to be situated: social situatedness (in terms of a particular culture with its own distinctive values and debates) and historical situatedn ...
... understand. This leads us to assess how situational factors influence research practice. At this stage, it is sensible to highlight two aspects of what it means to be situated: social situatedness (in terms of a particular culture with its own distinctive values and debates) and historical situatedn ...
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... I do not emphasize the point, but in addition a far-from-energy-equilibrium metabolic chemistry, be it molecular or human, needs to be fed with environmentally available resources that it can process (Prigogine and Stengers, 1984). Were I to focus empirically on trading (food) more than on partnersh ...
... I do not emphasize the point, but in addition a far-from-energy-equilibrium metabolic chemistry, be it molecular or human, needs to be fed with environmentally available resources that it can process (Prigogine and Stengers, 1984). Were I to focus empirically on trading (food) more than on partnersh ...
Unit 25 Urbanization 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Urban, Urbanism
... industrialization but it is not always the result of industrialization. Urbanization results due to the concentration of large-scale and small scale industrial and commercial, financial and administrative set up in the cities; technological development in transport and communication, cultural and re ...
... industrialization but it is not always the result of industrialization. Urbanization results due to the concentration of large-scale and small scale industrial and commercial, financial and administrative set up in the cities; technological development in transport and communication, cultural and re ...
Values Versus Interests in the Explanation of Social Conflict
... in the form of economic policies and government programs, but also status or prestige benefits through government regulation of lifestyles. Social conflict over norms supposedly revolves around concerns about status and symbolic goals instead of pocketbook calculations. The idea of "status politics, ...
... in the form of economic policies and government programs, but also status or prestige benefits through government regulation of lifestyles. Social conflict over norms supposedly revolves around concerns about status and symbolic goals instead of pocketbook calculations. The idea of "status politics, ...
Social Functioning: A Sociological Common Base for Social Work
... what is appropriate in any social setting" (p. 19). These ideas were used in the agency's definition of social functioning as normative behavior in a social situation. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Commission on Practice (1958) included in the "Working Definition of Practice" tha ...
... what is appropriate in any social setting" (p. 19). These ideas were used in the agency's definition of social functioning as normative behavior in a social situation. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Commission on Practice (1958) included in the "Working Definition of Practice" tha ...
Causal Mechanisms in Comparative Historical Sociology
... outcome (the Nicaraguan revolution, the Rwandan genocide, the 2003 Super Bowl). Some are about large and publicly salient events, structures, and mentalities (states, revolutions, political cultures); others are about small-scale and unnoticed social characteristics (the frequency of first names). T ...
... outcome (the Nicaraguan revolution, the Rwandan genocide, the 2003 Super Bowl). Some are about large and publicly salient events, structures, and mentalities (states, revolutions, political cultures); others are about small-scale and unnoticed social characteristics (the frequency of first names). T ...
“The Bourgeoisie, Historically, Has Played a Most Revolutionary Part”:
... As soon as we engage with historical capitalism – capitalism as it is actually socially organized in a determinate spatio-temporal locale – we are confronted with the fact that ‘there is real scope for variation in the rhythm and course of capitalist development’ (Jessop, 1990: 198). In order to gra ...
... As soon as we engage with historical capitalism – capitalism as it is actually socially organized in a determinate spatio-temporal locale – we are confronted with the fact that ‘there is real scope for variation in the rhythm and course of capitalist development’ (Jessop, 1990: 198). In order to gra ...
Symposium: The Kilburn Manifesto: after neoliberalism?
... is a recognition of the need for constituted as well as constituent power. Indeed, I would argue that a major question is how we weave them together. The reasons for this position are multifarious, and range from a rejection of the ontological assumptions of immanence, through lessons long learned i ...
... is a recognition of the need for constituted as well as constituent power. Indeed, I would argue that a major question is how we weave them together. The reasons for this position are multifarious, and range from a rejection of the ontological assumptions of immanence, through lessons long learned i ...
Social learning spaces - Wenger
... everything I describe here was fully realized (though it was a good start and much more would have been done had the initiative been continued). The elements of learning capability I highlight are relevant to social innovation, the goal of EQUAL, but also to all large-scale social learning challenge ...
... everything I describe here was fully realized (though it was a good start and much more would have been done had the initiative been continued). The elements of learning capability I highlight are relevant to social innovation, the goal of EQUAL, but also to all large-scale social learning challenge ...
introduction to sociology
... particular field or can be put to use in an area. 4. Sociology is relatively an abstract science not a concrete science:- Sociology is not concerned with particular wars and revolutions but with war and revolution in general, as social phenomena, as types of social conflict. (Amma) 5. Sociology is a ...
... particular field or can be put to use in an area. 4. Sociology is relatively an abstract science not a concrete science:- Sociology is not concerned with particular wars and revolutions but with war and revolution in general, as social phenomena, as types of social conflict. (Amma) 5. Sociology is a ...
Global Vision for a Social Solidarity Economy
... We promote innovation and the originality of concepts and discourses with an eye to encouraging the construction of innovative and critical practices and experiences that contribute best to social change. We also promote the adoption of appropriate technologies that respond to the particularity of p ...
... We promote innovation and the originality of concepts and discourses with an eye to encouraging the construction of innovative and critical practices and experiences that contribute best to social change. We also promote the adoption of appropriate technologies that respond to the particularity of p ...
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... human and social sciences, including organisational studies. As we shall argue below, ontological clarification is not a sterile academic exercise as it has profound implications on how researchers approach the phenomena they purport to study. Ontology also tends to ...
... human and social sciences, including organisational studies. As we shall argue below, ontological clarification is not a sterile academic exercise as it has profound implications on how researchers approach the phenomena they purport to study. Ontology also tends to ...