Social Environments and Human Behavior Contexts for Practice with Groups, Organizations, Communities, and Social Movements

by Scales, T. Laine; Singletary, Jon; Cooper, H. Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780495171720
• ISBN10: 0495171727
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-09
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR uses an innovative liberal arts approach to teach social work students the impact of the social environment on human behavior. The text includes readings organized into four modules: groups, communities, organizations, and social movements. Each set of readings brings together theoretical information, research, artistic expression, and practical application to give students a better understanding of the systems in which they will work. Each reading has been chosen to help students connect what they learn in the Human Behavior and the Social Environment course to other courses, as well as to the practice behaviors outlined by the revised Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) from the Council on Social Work Education.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Authors

Human Behavior and Your Social Work Curriculum: An Introduction

Small Groups

Human Behavior in Small Groups

Resistance and Hostility in Group Members

The Caregivers

Taking Theory to Practice

Human Behavior in Organizations

Human Behavior in Organizations: An Overview

The Principles of Scientific Management

Compassion Song

Taking Theory to Practice

Communities

Human Behavior in Communities

The Good Community--What Would It Be?

Photographic Essay: Thriving Communities of Northeastern Africa

Taking Theory to Practice

social Movements

Human Behavior in Social Movements

Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention

Patriotic Observation

Taking Theory to Practice

Summary

References

Index

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