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May 31, 2023

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John Myers
The Public Forum
May 19, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
An in-Class Exercise : Congratulations! You have just been named director of the North Coast Community Mental Health Center. Before You Start Picking out your office furniture, the county commissioners would like you to participate in a community forum….
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Gary Cretser
Cross-Cultural Comparison
May 19, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Each student will select a country other than the U.S. and describe how mental disorders are viewed in that society and how those views compare with corresponding views in the United States. Papers should also include information as to the prevalence and treatment...
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First Name Last Name
Sociology of Mental Illness Term Paper
May 19, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Assessment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
For this assignment, you will: 1. choose a topic of interest to you that has to do with the sociology of health and illness, 2. use the library to gather information on this topic, and 3. present the results of your research in a clear, well-organized paper of at...
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Carol S. Ansehensel, Jo Phelan
Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health (Table of Context)
May 18, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Table of contents for Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health. A Reader sponsored by the ASA section on Mental Health
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William Magee
A History of the Sociology of Mental Health Section
May 18, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This Account of the development of the section is based on interviews with the four persons who were primarily responsible for founding the section: Carol Aneshensel, Bill Avison, Jay turner and Blair Wheaton .
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Allan V. Horowitz, Teresa L. Scheid
A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories And systems (Table of Contents)
May 18, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Mental Health
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
Table of contents for A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health Social Contests, Theories, and Systems a, Reader sponsored by the ASA section on Mental Health
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Kimberly Huisman
Developing a Sociological Imagination by Doing Sociology: A Methods Based Service Learning Course on Women and Immigration
April 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Migration/Immigration
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Small
Abstract:
The author addresses the development and implementation of a service learning project for an undergraduate course in which students interview immigrant women, incorporate the interviewees’ experiences into an analytical paper, and present the findings at the end of...
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Sharon Bird, Karla Erickson
A Constructive Controversy Approach to 'Case Studies
April 29, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
On the basis of analysis of student responses to a case study titled "Drinks and Dinner," the authors evaluate the pedagogical potential of using constructive controversy case studies to teach about inequality. "Drinks and Dinner" is designed to capture the...
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Dana Berkowitz, Namita Manohar, Justine Tinkler
Walk Like a Man, Talk Like a Woman: Teaching the Social Construction of Gender
April 28, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
The authors describe a pedagogical exercise that conveys the multilayered properties of gender to undergraduate students. They propose a simulation that demonstrates the social constructiveness of gender, maintaining that gender should be conceptualized and portrayed...
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Gary Paul Green
Book Review: Consensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook
April 27, 2010
Subject Area(s):
Community
Resource Type(s):
Bibliography
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
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