SWRK 1000H Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Social Work, Canada, Settlement Movement
SWRK 1000H
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
first test - october 11th
worth 25%, during week 5
covers all material - textbook, lectures, video clips, case studies - from weeks 1, 2, 3, 4
50 multiple choice questions, 70 minutes
readings will be on test but not lectures
second test - november 8th
worth 35%
covers all materials “ up to week 8
70 multiple choice questions
cumulative, emphasis will be placed on last half
final exam
worth 40%
covers all course material “
weeks 1 - 12, emphasis on 9 - 12
80 multiple choice questions, 120 minutes
Micro - direct practice with individuals - one on one
Mezzo - working with groups and communities
Macro - working with organizations or communities to improve or change laws or policies
⁃critical, anti-oppressive social work sees these three levels as interconnected
the first “rule” of critical, anti-oppressive practice is that we cannot simply blame marginalized
individuals for their experiences of hardship and suffering
Key Concepts/Ideas in Social Works
⁃“helping”
⁃oppression?
⁃privilege!
there is a focus on the individual being at fault and not the system - blame is put on the
individuals actions and not the norms of society
Helping
⁃making an effort to help individuals change
⁃creating an outside connection not related to the subject
⁃gives people a second chance and someone to listen to their problems
⁃being a good listener and being empathetic
⁃acknowledging your biases and putting them in the open
⁃physical and mental health
⁃learning from past experiences, constantly learning and growing
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Social Work started with wealthy white woman in the 1800’s wanting to help disadvantaged
individuals, making decisions on who they think needed help and who didn’t based on what they
thought poverty looked like
Oppression:
Exploitation
⁃work/labour which benefits the dominant group, economically/financially, socially,
politically
⁃dominant group sets terms of exchange i.e. labour costs low/profits high
⁃deepens inequities
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Marginalization
⁃category of people isolated from social, political and economic spaces
⁃based on ideologies, assumptions, stereotypes and prejudices
⁃marginalized depend on dominant group for support
Powerlessness
⁃those without power or access to power have little or no autonomy, authority over their
work lives
⁃few options for developing skills to promote themselves
Cultural Imperialism
⁃dominant groups is the norm
⁃stereotypes and ideologies become so normalized that they are invisible, therefore
difficult to contest
⁃allows others to be grouped by supposed characteristics associated with “them” - white
males are not grouped in the same way
Violence
⁃becomes “acceptable” and in some cases expected because of social context and group
identity
⁃threat of violence always exists
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Document Summary
Fall 2018 first test - october 11th worth 25%, during week 5 covers all material - textbook, lectures, video clips, case studies - from weeks 1, 2, 3, 4. Powerlessness work lives those without power or access to power have little or no autonomy, authority over their few options for developing skills to promote themselves. Swrk1000h lecture week two: tuesday, september 20th, 2016 began in the late 15th century, when europe used violence, exploitation, power, and. Colonialism control to take over and rule 80% of the globe european colonialism established colonies (restricting individuals to act and be in certain ways) in over 80% of the globe, including africa, asia, and the americas. Orientalism: the study of the east by those in the west - the east is the other . Phase 1: the church a response to urban poverty in canada after industrialization: