scholarly journals Students’ Social Representations of Forced Migration as a Relevant Social Problem and Its Curricular Inclusion at the End of Primary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
Roberto García-Morís ◽  
Nerea García García Bugallo ◽  
Ramón Martínez-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Private School ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Education Groups

The purpose of this paper is to assess students’ social representations of forced migration as a relevant social problem in the last year of primary education and the opportunity for its curricular inclusion. The study was carried out by means of a questionnaire, filled in by 6th-year primary education groups (11–12 years old) (n = 70), in a state-supported private school in the city of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). The questionnaire was supported by three pictures of forced migrations from the media. In this case, the children had to interpret the pictures through a series of questions that sought to investigate their representations, the causes they identify in this social problem, their opinions, and possible solutions. Finally, the opportunity for the inclusion of social problems as curriculum content was addressed. The study shows that the students are in favor of migrants, that they use concepts from the social sciences in their arguments—albeit simple ones, and that they are in favor of the curricular inclusion of social problems, in which they develop representations through different sources of information.

Tranquillisers as a Social Problem

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 320-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gabe ◽  
Michael Bury
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sociology Of Health

This paper attempts to highlight the value of the ‘social problem’ perspective for the sociology of health and illness by applying it to the issue of tranquilliser use and dependence. The approach involves focusing on the emergence of benzodiazepine tranquilliser dependence as a social problem and the extent to which it has been legitimated by the media and by the state. In the conclusion we draw out the implications of our case study for the development of a ‘natural history’ of social problems.

Social Problems

Sociology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Best
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
General Public ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Constructionist Approach

The term “social problem” is usually taken to refer to social conditions that disrupt or damage society—crime, racism, and the like. “Social Problems” is the title of an undergraduate course taught at many colleges; a typical course discusses what is known about a series of conditions considered social problems. In contrast, the sociology of social problems defines social problem differently and adopts a different analytic approach. This approach—sometimes called constructionist—defines social problem in terms of a process, rather than a type of condition. It focuses on how and why people come to understand that some conditions ought to be viewed as a social problem, that is, how they socially construct social problems. Typically, the social problems process begins with claimsmakers who make claims that some condition ought to be considered a problem, that this problem should be understood in particular ways, and that it needs to be addressed. Other people respond to those claims and rework them, so that the social problem is constructed and reconstructed by the media, the general public, policymakers, the social-problems workers who implement policy, and critics that assess the policy’s effectiveness. The process is complex: some claims produce a speedy reaction, while others have difficulty finding an audience. The constructionist approach began to guide researchers in the 1970s and has generated a substantial literature that continues to develop in new directions.

Social rehabilitation of patients after stroke

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
A.S. Koslova ◽  
◽  
G.A. Kositsyna ◽  
K.V. Pishchugina ◽  
N.G. Chernaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Social Rehabilitation ◽  
The Social

Disability after stroke is still a significant medical and social problem. The disease changes the social position of a person and puts forward new personal and social problems. Resocialization is one of the most important tasks of rehabilitation helping in overcoming the problems

scholarly journals The End-Purpose of Teaching History and the Curricular Inclusion of Social Problems from the Perspective of Primary Education Trainee Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delfín Ortega-Sánchez ◽  
Joan Pagès Blanch
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Creative Thought ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Critical ◽  
Educational Potential

The principal objective of the present study is to analyze the representations of Primary Education trainee teachers (n = 232) involving the end-purposes of teaching History and, in particular, their views on the didactic treatment and curricular inclusion of social problems at this educational stage. A mixed investigation method is applied, which combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The results pointed to a predictive influence of the degree of importance attached to the didactic treatment of social problems and the frequency with which they were covered on the Degree Course, for the assessment of their explicit inclusion in the Social Sciences curriculum. Likewise, the educational potential of the social problems appeared to be unconnected to the most highly assessed end-purposes, which are related to the development of social, critical, and creative thought for participation and social intervention.

The ‘long sixties’: 1958–1974

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Hendrick
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
New Left ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
The Social

The theme of this chapter is the emergence by the late 1960s of an environment that gradually became more hostile to the social democratic family and to liberal progressive child rearing. The key themes of the chapter focus on the concerted political attempts to undermine 'Bowlbyism' (including the influence of Winnicott), particularly by feminists and Bowlby's enemies in the psychological/psychoanalytic community. In order to contextualize the 'dethroning' of Bowlbyism, the chapter considers the emergence of new social problems in relation to the changing perception of children (through the re-discovery of poverty and the spectre of juvenile delinquency), the failure of the Children's Rights movement, the ending of progressive primary education, and the hostility of the New Left to many of the values of old style social democracy.

scholarly journals ENTRE O CRIME E A PANDEMIA: REFLEXÕES EM REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS

polemica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 063-076
Author(s):  
João Gilberto Silva Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Limited Period

Resumo: O texto tinha por objetivo uma pesquisa e se tornou um ensaio. De início, o objetivo era dar continuidade à perspectiva de aproximação da teoria das representações sociais aos fenômenos do cotidiano em estudos pontuais ou preliminares. E o fio condutor escolhido foi um crime bastante noticiado nos meios de comunicação, sendo o ponto de partida, portanto, de uma análise preliminar sobre a representação social do crime hediondo. Assim, a partir de dados veiculados pelos meios eletrônicos de comunicação, em prazo curto e delimitado, foram extraídos elementos que apontassem a possibilidade de uma pesquisa sobre a representação social do crime hediondo. Ainda que em caráter inicial, as análises respaldaram a perspectiva de uma abordagem recortada e bem próxima ao calor dos acontecimentos. Entretanto, de forma fulminante e paradoxal, a pandemia provocada pelo novo coronavírus confirmaria de forma radical a tal hipótese de trabalho, alterando completamente o escopo original do texto: escrever sobre o crime hediondo tornou-se secundário em relação ao caos provocado pelo vírus. O presente ensaio, escrito durante o período crítico da pandemia, expressa essa trajetória.Palavras-chave: Representações sociais. Crime hediondo. Cotidiano. Psicologia Social.Abstract: The text was intended for research and became an experience report. At first, the objective was to continue the perspective of bringing the theory of social representations closer to everyday phenomena in specific or preliminary studies. And the chosen guideline was a crime that was widely reported in the media, being the starting point, therefore, of a preliminary analysis on the social representation of heinous crime. Thus, from data transmitted by electronic means of communication, in a short and limited period, elements were extracted that point to the possibility of research on the social representation of heinous crime. Although in an initial character, the analyzes supported the perspective of a cut approach and very close to the heat of events. However, in a fulminating and paradoxical way, the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus would radically confirm this working hypothesis, completely changing the original scope of the text: writing about the heinous crime has become secondary to the chaos caused by the virus. The present essay, written during the critical period of the pandemic, expresses this trajectory.Keywords: Social representations. Heinous crime. Everyday life. Social psychology.

scholarly journals FEMINISMO E REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS: A INVENÇÃO DAS MULHERES NAS REVISTAS “FEMININAS”

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Navarro SWAIN
Keyword(s):  
Gender Relations ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
The West ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
The Media ◽  
Social Level

Ouve-se dizer que o feminismo acabou. Que tudo já foi conseguido pelas mulheres, conquistas em todos os campos do social. Apesar de evidentes modificações nas relações de gênero em alguns países do Ocidente, o que aqui se pretende analisar é a dimensão das representações sociais do feminino, constitutivas das configurações identitárias e corpóreas, já que presentes na apreensão do real. A mídia e as revistas femininas compõem um locus especial de análise da ação do discurso e das imagens, modelando corpos e assujeitando-os a uma certa representação do feminino. Abstract Some say that Feminism is over. That women have obtained everything and conquered all they wanted on the social level. Although many changes have obviously modified gender relations in the West, I would like to analyze here the dimension of social representations of the feminine that constitute identity and corporeal configurations and a present time apprehension of reality. The media and feminine magazines represent a special locus for an analysis of the action of discourse and images, of their modeling bodies and subduing them to a certain representation of the feminine.

scholarly journals Sensemaking the ‘social’ in social entrepreneurship

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 859-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Kimmitt ◽  
Pablo Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Justice Theory ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Imagination ◽  
Social Justice Theory

In the collective imagination, the practices and outcomes of social entrepreneurship seem to hold hope for a better future. So far, these practices have been largely assumed as idealised types with the ‘social’ in social entrepreneurship underexplored. Such assumed neutrality, we argue, is hampering the development of a more robust theoretical corpus for understanding the phenomenon and inspiring practices that are more effective. In this article, we analyse the sensemaking of the social in social entrepreneurship by exploring the ways in which social entrepreneurs make sense of social problems and develop solutions for addressing them. Our empirical analyses of the stories of 15 social entrepreneurs indicate two distinct types of sensemaking and sensegiving practices, aligned with Amartya Sen’s notions of social justice. Drawing on these findings, sensemaking and social justice theory, we elaborate a two-type social sensemaking model pertaining to the appreciation and assessment of circumstances and the differing problem/solution combinations emerging from alternative ontological views of what constitutes a social problem.

Three questions to start the sociological study of heroism

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
I. V. Trotsuk ◽  
M. V. Subbotina
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Public Opinion Polls

Despite the understandable and predictable lack of sociological interest in the issues related to heroism, the search for clear and unambiguous conceptual and empirical definitions of the hero in the contemporary society seems to be a relevant sociological task, especially under the current pandemic which made the criteria of heroism interesting for the wider public. The authors briefly outline the main aspects of the traditional scientific interpretations of heroism as presented in the social-cultural narratives worldwide, and proceed to the issues that constitute the field of the sociological studies on heroism. The first research question is not so much a single definition of the hero as types of heroes based on social representations of when and how heroes reveal themselves in decisions and actions. The authors rely on the traditional typologies of heroes usually based on the psychological aspects of heroic thinking and behavior to suggest a sociologically relevant typology based on both literature and the Russian public opinion polls. This typology implies answers to the questions of why the society needs heroes and what makes someone a hero in the eyes of the society, and allows to better understand and to more precisely define the false/pseudo/antiheroism. The second research question is about the sources of images and understanding of heroism, which focuses on the mass media and especially cinemas potential to represent certain social practices as heroic and to construct heroic images. The third research question is about the possibilities of the empirical sociological study of the types of heroes and their representation in the media (cinema). The authors argue that sociology should use its own methods (in a combination with techniques for studying the audiences perception of movies) - content analysis and surveys, especially the unfinished sentences technique, and provide some examples of how this can be done, for instance, to compare the social representations of a real hero and a movie hero among different age groups and generations. The authors conclude with mentioning a new issue associated with heroism, which became evident under the pandemic - changes in the social representations of heroism determined by heroization of healthcare workers due to their selfless fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

The importance of ecologically oriented social work in solving social problems during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Peter Jusko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media

The base of this study is Critical Discurs Analysis which deals with argumentation strategies that were recorded in the media public debate in the period March–April 2020 in the Slovak Republic and discusses their connection with the application of eco-social approaches to solving social problems using the example of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The main research question is: What are the eco-social topics linked to solving social problems during the coronavirus pandemic through ecologically oriented social work? On the basis of the presented results these topics are mainly the importance of man’s awareness about our dependence on the environment in which we live created by the topos of disadvantage, that shows short-term positive impact of the pandemic on the environment and it is expected that the situation after pandemic will deteriorate, the support of social cohesion and members of the society and the importance of reducing pressure from the social structures which causes self-exploitation of modern man.

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