Pragmatist Epistemology and Jane Addams: Fundamental Concepts for the Social Paradigm of Occupational Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Paradigm

scholarly journals O que une a Terapia Ocupacional? Paradigmas e perspectivas ontológicas da ocupação humana / What holds together the Occupational Therapy? Paradigms and ontological perspectives of human occupation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-203
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Morrison Jara
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Paradigm ◽  
Social Paradigm

Este texto propõe uma reflexão sobre a organização do conhecimento na Terapia Ocupacional. Posicionando-se a partir da Filosofia da Ciência e, de forma particular, no modelo kuhniano de desenvolvimento do conhecimento científico, o autor busca analisar "o que une a Terapia Ocupacional", uma disciplina multidimensional que diversifica e amplia seus campos de ação constantemente. Para isso, uma pesquisa historiográfica é realizada por meio de uma análise documental de fontes primárias. Paradigmas, comunidades científicas e perspectivas ontológicas são considerados como eixos centrais para compreender como a Terapia Ocupacional avançou desde suas origens até o paradigma atual da profissão, o Paradigma Social da Ocupação. O artigo termina convidando à exploração de novas formas de diálogo entre campos que, aparentemente, estão distanciados dos elementos ontológicos fundamentais da profissão, propondo que este diálogo fortalecerá a unidade disciplinar e permitirá uma melhor compreensão da multidimensionalidade da Terapia Ocupacional. AbstractThis text proposes a reflection about the organization of knowledge in Occupational Therapy. Positioning itself in the Philosophy of Science, and particularly in the Kuhnian Model of development of scientific knowledge, the author seeks to analyze "what holds the Occupational Therapy together", a multidimensional discipline that diversifies and amplifies its fields of action constantly. Thus, a historiographical research is carried out through a documentary analysis of primary sources. Paradigms, scientific communities and ontological perspectives are considered as the central axes to understand how Occupational Therapy has advanced from its origins to the current paradigm of the profession, the Social Paradigm of the Occupation. The paper ends inviting the exploration of new forms of dialogue between fields that seem to be distanced from the foundational ontological elements of the profession, proposing that this dialogue will strengthen the disciplinary unit and allow a better understanding of the multidimensionality of Occupational Therapy.Keywords: Epistemology; History; Kuhnian model; Ontology; Paradigms; Occupational Therapy.

Jane Adams: an experience of multicultural education and social care. Chicago, 1889 – 1910

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Silvana Panza
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Culture Learning ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Idea ◽  
Hull House

The focus of this study concerns a deep analysis on the innovative educational method utilized by Jane Addams (1860-1935) at Hull House. She was a philosopher, but first of all we can consider this woman as a sociologist, because of her careful survey on society, Addams’s activities also implied a new educational project based on the social care of poor workers and their families. She chose for her extraordinary experience one of the most slummy suburbs in Chicago, where with her friend Ellen Gates Starr founded in 1889 this settlement. The main intention of the sociologist was to give immigrants lots of opportunities to understand Chicago’s social and political context. It was important to create a place where immigrant families could socialize, learning more about their rights and possibilities. For this reason Addams suggested that it needed to start from education, taking a particular care of children who lived in that area. It was necessary to promote a reform on the different culture learning to support immigrants in their integration, people who came there hoping to find a job into factories. In 1889 when the settlement was founded, there were about four hundred social houses around the States. Addams’ s important social and political idea was to develop a democratic society, where each person could recognize himself/herself as a part of it, avoiding marginalization and segregation. The sociologist was a central figure at Hull House for about twenty years.

The effectiveness of a combination of Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training in people with schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
pp. 030802262110229
Author(s):  
Selma Ercan Doğu ◽  
Hülya Kayıhan ◽  
Ahmet Kokurcan ◽  
Sibel Örsel
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Skills Training Group

Introduction This study aimed to assess the impact of a holistic combination of Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training on occupational performance, social participation, and clinical symptoms in people with schizophrenia. Method 60 people with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received standardized Social Skills Training once a week for a total of 10 sessions, while the other group received a combination of Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training once a week for a total of 16 sessions. Results A greater increase was determined in the scores of COPM total performance/satisfaction and the Community Integration Questionnaire in the Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training group. Furthermore, these achievements were sustained in the Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training group compared to the Social Skills Training group at the 6-month follow-up. Conclusion The clients received the combination of Occupational Therapy and Social Skills Training showed a better improvement compared to the Social Skills Training group in terms of occupational performance, social participation, and severity of clinical symptoms. The use of Occupational Therapy in a holistic approach in psychosocial rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia can increase their functionality and social participation. Further studies are needed to assess long-term effects of Occupational Therapy in schizophrenia.

scholarly journals The transformative public of Jane Addams

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 146488492095858
Author(s):  
Leena Ripatti-Torniainen
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Social Ethics ◽  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Inquiry

This article provides an alternative contribution to journalism studies on a foundational concept by analysing texts of Jane Addams, a public intellectual contemporary with the seminal scholars Walter Lippmann and John Dewey. The author uses methods of intellectual history to construct the concept of the public from Addams’s books: Democracy and Social Ethics and The Newer Ideals of Peace, showing that all three authors, Lippmann, Dewey and Addams, discuss the same topic of individuals’ changed engagement with public political life. Addams departs from Lippmann and Dewey in setting out from the standpoints of exclusion and cosmopolitanism. Her argument regarding the public, as constructed by the author, consists of two premises. First, public engagement is a method of democratic inclusion as well as social and political inquiry for Addams. She sees the extension of relationality across social divisions as a necessary method to understand society and materialise democracy. Second, Addams emphasises cooperative and reflexive involvement especially in the characteristic developments of a time. She considers industrialisation and cosmopolitanism as characteristic developments of her own era. Addams suggests an in-principle cosmopolitan concept of the public that includes marginalised persons and groups. Compared to Lippmann’s and Dewey’s accounts of the public, Jane Addams’s argument is more radical and far more sensitive to the social inequality and plurality of a drastically morphing society.

scholarly journals Religious factor and modern society in the context of changes social paradigm Roman Catholic Church

2015 ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Babiy
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
Social Paradigm ◽  
The Catholic Church

Article in the theoretical and practical aspects considers the problem of the religious factor in social processes in the context of the social paradigm of the Catholic Church.

Outside the School Gates

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra E. Bonura
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Bible Studies ◽  
Social Clubs ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nursing Skills ◽  
Social Settlement

In addition to her educational duties, she moved into roles that maximized the natural born leader she was. This chapter covers Pope’s conception and creation of a social settlement in the downtrodden Palama neighborhood of Honolulu. Pope collaborated with Chicago social worker Jane Addams and clearly saw how the settlement model could be replicated as a solution to the dire health conditions of Palama. A mission-centered community complex named Palama Chapel was created under the auspices of Central Union Church. Pope worked tirelessly to organize a library, Bible studies, medical care, childcare, kindergarten and social clubs for the community. The social center became a “laboratory” for her pupils to learn both teaching and nursing skills. In 1906, Palama Settlement became a chartered, independent, nonsectarian organization.

Hip! Hip! Hooray!!!

Gertrude Weil ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Rogoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Gospel ◽  
Smith College ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Home Culture ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
Social Welfare Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
College Educated

Educated at the Horace Mann school and Smith College, Weil represented a rising generation of college-educated women who were scientifically trained in new ideologies of social theory and public reform but found themselves unsuited for any particular career. Feeling the conflict of social and family claims, as defined by Jane Addams, Weil prized her autonomy but returned to her native Goldsboro. There she sought to move social welfare programs from their origins in the Social Gospel and religious societies to scientific principles of social reform. She began her social welfare career working with impoverished school children and joined Home Culture Clubs and the local Woman's Clubs.

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