Browsing by Author "Harris, Melanie"

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    Analysis of Social Work Theory Progression Published in 2004
    (IUPUI, 2007-04-30) Decker, Valerie D.; Suman, Philip D.; Burge, Barb J.; Deka, Ankita; Harris, Melanie; Hymans, Dwight J.; Marcussen, Michael; Pittman, Donna; Wilkerson, David A.; Daley, James G.
    The authors reviewed 67 articles that discussed and/or tested human behavior theories from social work journals published in 2004 in order to assess the level and quality of theory progression. The articles were further sorted into Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) Foundation Curriculum content areas of HBSE, practice, policy, field education, values & ethics, diversity, populations-at-risk/social and economic justice, and research for purposes of categorization. Results indicated that HBSE and practice were by far the largest group of articles reviewed.Also found was that social work has a limited amount of theory discussion in the content areas of field, values and ethics, diversity, and populations-at-risk/social and economic justice. Thirty-three articles were found to demonstrate theory progression, eight articles presented new/emerging theories, and 26 articles discussed or critiqued theories without presenting evidence of theory progression.
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    Peer collaboration as a way of developing effective pedagogy for including cultural, linguistic, and learning diversity
    (2000) Teemant, Annela; Harris, Melanie; Cutri, Ramona; Squires, David; Gibb, Gordon
    Teacher educators have begun to recognize that fundamental changes are needed to support teachers in meeting the challenges of increasing diversity in public schools. Using concept analysis to study our collaboration, we developed and implemented a framework that would move a consideration of diversity from the edges to the mainstream in teacher education would do this. We use a narrative strategy to identify five situations that led to the development and implementation of the Inclusive Pedagogy Framework. In our session, we will involve participants in analysis of five critical incidents as a strategy for exploring validity and interpretation in self-study data analysis.