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Praxis In The Human Services As A Political Act, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

My purpose in this paper is to develop a rationale for, and to suggest approaches to, the conscious integration of a political component into professional practice. Involved in this is a re-definition or re-conceptualization of professional roles in the human services as potentially powerful means of a radical, revolutionary political strategy. The overall aim of such a political strategy is to eliminate the systemic sources and dynamics of social, economic, and political inequalities - in my view, the major underlying causes of the entire array of social problems with which the human services profess to be concerned.

Western News, February 24, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Clarify Governance Role; Past Practices in Letter to Faculty, Western's Annual Fund Tops Million Dollar Mark in 1975, Ferrante; Teicher To Perform In Miller Auditorium March 17, Complete Text of Bernhard Letter, Engineering Day Feb. 26

Western News, February 19, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Campus Briefs, Share-a-Ride Program Busy, Engineering Day Feb. 26, Project SCOPE For Sr. Citizens, Set Professional Development Workshop for P/A Employees, Plan Archeology Field School At Former Indian Village Site, Cite Young Award Winners, Tahitian Dancers to Perform Here

Western News, February 12, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Feature Menza as Guest Artist With Jazz Lab Band Feb. 20, Set Women's Awareness Week, Western Puts 'Zebra' in Library, ROTC 25 Years Old at WMU; Open House Here Wednesday, Jelly Roll Morton Ragtime Concert Wednesday at Miller, Bronco Gymnasts Entertain Central

Western News, February 5, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Clarify Reappointment Conditions, AAUP Takes U. Proposal To Faculty, Seek to Curtail False Fire Alarms by Offering Reward, Utilities Cost $470/an Hour, Designate Bicentennial School, Bernhards; Area Legislators; Mayor To Perform in Concert, Polish Dancers Here- Feb. 12, 'W' Club Cites Tom Briscoe

Western News, January 29, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Report on Budget; Rehires; Bargaining, Answer Queries About Administrative Salaries; Faculty Research Funds, Set TIAA-CREF Meetings, Mitchell Discusses Faculty Rehiring; Salaries

Western News, January 22, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Set Grad College Stipend Deadline, Name Coulter Idaho Prexy, General Campus Meeting Tuesday, Classical Guitarist To Perform Here, Announce 'River Niger' Cast, Curtis-Smith Composition Wins, Approve ASG Name Change; Veto Others, Appoint Title IX Coordinator, Announce Foreign Language Contest, Faculty Senate Elections Begin

Western News, January 15, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Trustees Meet Here Friday, Bernhard Letter to C/T Staff, Set 4th Secretarial Seminar, Sex; Sexuality Series Play Here Tonight, U.T. Reopens Coupon Sales, WIDR-Studio in Contest, Host International Low Vision Talks, Milliken Appoints Mann To Board, Reissue Closing Policy

Western News, January 8, 1976, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Biofeedback Workshop Jan. 9-11, C/T Union Vote Jan. 21, Meyer Heads Emerti Council, 'La Mancha' Here Jan. 14, Gabier Heads Development; Alumni; Clarkson Moves Up, Seek Whitney Young Applicants, Offer Gymnastic Youth Instruction, Couples Workshop Begins Next Week, Teacher Education Meeting Tuesday

The Informant Volume Viii, Number 2, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VIII, Number 2

Winter 1976

• The Use of Para-Linguistic Features in the Teaching of Spanish to English Speakers
• Bicentennial Project
• Tutors Needed
• Hendriksen Publishes Article
• New Students (18)
• Winter Enrollment
• Alumna/Student News
• Conference on Non-Verbal Communication
• Musico/a, Maestro/a!
• The Last of the Susans
• Spring/Summer Schedules
• Course Changes
• Linguistics Department Fall 1976
• Call for Papers

University Magaizine Vol. 1 No. 4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Letters To The Editor • Message From The President • News, Price: Only Two Coppers • In Kalamazoo On July 4, 1876 • Bicentennial Plans Unrivaled • Retiring Dean Says "Go Political" • On Campus • Alumni • From The Alumni Director's Desk • Bronco Sports • Class Notes • In Memoriam

Turning Kids On To Language, Robert D. Hughes

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the great problems we face as teachers is how to get kids interested in whatever it is that we want to teach them. Whether it is reading, writing, math, social studies, we know that the key to teaching success is motivation. "If we could just get them involved, we could teach them."

How Johnny Can't Learn, Howard G. Ball

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Johnny's learning problems have troubled his parents and haunted his teachers since the first group of students met in the pervasive "little red schoolhouse." Because of Johnny's academic inadequacies, his teachers are admonished by public officials; teachers censure Johnny's parents; Johnny's parents criticize his lack of motivation, capability or interest; and Johnny, through his frustrations, condemns all society for its insensitivity and lack of understanding. This description includes the Johnny who is black. This Johnny responds to his society in a similar way, but his problems are more intense. His relationships with his environment are more complex. His learning problems …

Reading In The School: The Taming Of The Crew, Karen Jones

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

The Social Sciences In General Education, Bobby G. Bell

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Proponents of general education maintain that every person is worthy of an education that is most general. Translated into a formal curriculum general education refers to that part of a student's education lying outside his area of specialization. Cultural and social literacy remain the dominant goals. Even though controversy surrounds the definition of general education and the philosophical approaches to its realization, the objective seems to be clear, that education "for an informed responsible life in our society" and "that part of a student's education which looks first of all to his life as a responsible human being and citizen." …

Perspectives Vol. 7 No. 3

Perspectives (1969-1979)

No abstract provided.

Ten-Second Reviews, Betty L. Hagberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Western Michigan University 1976, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Pictures from across campus
• Pictures of students

Boston University's College Of Basic Studies: A Non-Traditional Approach Which Successfully Serves Marginal Applicants, Charles P. Fogg, Gene M. Smith

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The authors are pleased to acknowledge the generous support of the Esso Education Foundation and the George A. Ramlose Foundation; as well as, the vital institutional support and encouragement of Judson Rea Butler, the founding dean of the College, Horatio M. LaFauci , under whose leadership the College flourished for 14 years, Brendan F. Gilbane the current dean and Dean B. Doner the Academic Vice President of Boston University.

The College of Basic Studies (CBS) offers a successful, 2-year, post secondary educational program designed specifically to serve low-achieving students. It admits applicants who are denied admission into 4-year programs at …

The Little College At Bowling Green: Developing Critical Thinking Skills In A General Education Context, James L. Litwin, Richard C. Giardina, M. Neil Browne

Perspectives (1969-1979)

For the past five years , the Little College at Bowling Green State University has been experimenting with various approaches to developing the critical thinking skills of incoming freshmen . Data resulting from evaluative research completed demonstrate that students can be helped to achieve significant gains in their ability to think critically. They also suggest differences in the viability of alternative curricular approaches to achieve this goal. The paper itself profiles many of the problems and issues pertinent to "experimenting" programs, including assumptions about the goals of general education, faculty recruitment, pedagogy, and evaluation . At present , the Little …

General Education As An Alternative To Liberal Education: Some Dissenting Views, M. Neil Browne, Lisa Licata

Perspectives (1969-1979)

At a time in the development of higher education when colleges and universities are competing for students by appealing almost solely to student requests for job-related training, a discussion of alternative approaches to pre-professional training may appear anachronistic. However, this ascendent vocationalism has actually contributed to an expanding dialogue on the meaning of general education. Those of us disburbed by the deemphasis of general education on most campuses have become increasingly self-conscious about the content and quality of our general education offerings. If we are going to maintain a flourishing general education component in higher education, we must present a …

A View On Three Days Of General Education Summary Address, Agls Convention, Cbs 1976, Francis L. Broderick

Perspectives (1969-1979)

While everybody shied away from defining humanities or liberal studies or 1 general education, some essential notions about these complex topics, so much a part of our lives and work, came through in what was said by us all. Let me try a couple of definitions. With appropriate nods to diffidence, let me just say flatly that the definition of the humanities should include at least the following elements: 1) centrality of concern on human beings rather than on structures of society or on the processes of nature; 2) attention to, probably focus on, the individual rather than the group; …

Perspectives Vol. 8 No. 1

Perspectives (1969-1979)

No abstract provided.

Reading Horizons Vol. 16, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 16, issue 2.

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1976, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 16
  • February 20
  • March 26
  • April 23
  • May 21
  • June 18
  • July 16
  • September 17
  • October 15
  • November 19
  • December 17
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES
  • DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
  • UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April 24, 1976
  • June 23, 1976
  • August 20, 1976
  • December 18, 1976
• INDEX

Social Policies And Social Development - A Humanistic-Egalitarian Perspective, David G. Gil

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This essay explores the relationship of social policies and of policy-relevant societal values to social development. Its thesis is that the scope, direction, and quality of the social development process are largely shaped by the social policies and the dominant value positions of societies.

Humanism As Demystification, Alfred Mcclug Lee

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Under a variety of labels, many academic disciplines focus on the unsettling impact of fresh and vivid interpersonal experiences upon pre-existing beliefs and behaviour patterns. Reference is to philosophical discussions of sophism and humanism, historical theories about frontier influences, anthropological interest in culture shock, psychiatric concern with empathy and with perceptive listening, and sociological analyses of marginality, uses of participant observation and life-history data, and clinical studies of social behavior. Their significant similarity is that they are all discussions of demystifying influences on social thought and action. They are demystifying in the sense that they tend to translate the distant, …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 3, No. 3 (January 1976)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Social Policies and Social Development-A Humanistic-Egalitarian Perspective - DAVID G. GIL, pp. 242
• Public Welfare: Utilization, Change, Appropriations, Services - JOHN E. TROPMAN, pp.264.
• The Punishment of Divorced Mothers - HERMAN BORENZWEIG, pp. 291
• Low Income, Ethnicity and Voluntary Association Involvement - NANCY G. KUTNER, pp. 311
• Social Change and Social Action - BERNARD J. COUGHLIN, S.K. KHINDUKA, pp. 322
• The Mystique of Expertise in Social Service: An Alaska Example - DOROTHY M. JONES, pp.332
• Humanism as Demystification -ALFRED McCLUNG LEE, pp. 347

The Mystique Of Expertise In Social Services: An Alaska Example, Dorothy M. Jones

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In this paper I shall examine the roots and manifestations of the mystique of expertise, its consequences for agency evaluation practices, and its consequences for clients.

Western News, December 4, 1975, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: What Are Legal; Economic Effects If Faculty Strike?, Phone Changes Reduce Costs, American Nut Show Tuesday, Black Poet Here Today, Music Department to Present Community Christmas Card, Para School Receives Grant, Bernhard Sees No Increase in 1976-77 State Funding, Marion R. Spear Story Kicks Off O.T. Fund Drive, Trustees Grant Emeritus Status to Hannon; Van Den Berg, Western Receives CETA Support, Matthew; Forrest Chalk Up Career Football Records