Midterm question #3

3.  Imagine you have the opportunity to work with groups of parents seeking insights from the most up-to-date social science knowledge about raising children who are compassionate and cooperative.  Use insights from the readings from our class to describe what you would tell them.

Midterm Question #2

2. a) Define structural violence using the readings and your insights.
b) Now briefly describe the problem you have chosen to address in your presentation.  What role does structural violence play in that problem, both from national (within the country) and global (inter-country) points of view?

Midterm Question #1

1. Please go to and listen: http://www.ted.com/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls.html

Now go her school's website: http://www.sola-afghanistan.org/.

Now suppose you were invited to be a global social worker at her school and you are asked to use your social work practice skills to help those girls who seem to be struggling with learning or behavior there. Now imagine that your client is a 10 year old girl who is so extremely quiet and compliant that it is hard for her to speak up in class and even to write about her own opinions. Please write about how you would:

a) handle the problem that your girl client is from a very different culture than your own

b) evaluate what problems might be affecting the girl's learning and behavior (family, community, for instance) and how you might help her and her family.

Remember to cite your sources in terms of readings for our class about the impact of culture and family life on children's behavior.

c) how does this example represent a global issue in terms of women's equality, and how do the difficulties women have in being educated contribute to the problem of global poverty?