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Occupy: A Case Illustration of Social Movements in Global Citizenship Education
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Catalano, Theresa A. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2013
Due to the complex nature of global understanding and practice of citizenship, it is essential to understand how to educate for a responsive public sphere with active and emancipated citizens. This study aims to clarify how social movements (through a case illustration of Occupy) are representative of global citizenship goals while illuminating…
Descriptors: Activism, Social Action, Citizenship Education, Interviews
Deference or Respect? Status Management Practices among Prison Inmates
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Colwell, Brian – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
Interpersonal and intergroup contention is endemic to the social environment of California prisons. Data from in-depth interviews (N = 74) with prison inmates highlights a conceptual difference between the status behavior understood as signaling "deference" versus those signaling "respect." "Deference behavior"…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Environment, Criminals
Educating for Practice: A Profile of American Indian Graduate Social Work Students.
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Limb, Gordon E. – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2001
A secondary analysis of data from a California-wide sample of 162 American Indian, entering MSW students indicated that American Indian students demonstrated a noticeably stronger adherence toward social work's traditional mission of helping poor and disadvantaged populations when compared to all MSW students. Implications for practice with…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Ethnicity, Graduate Students