Melissa Redmond
Biographic Data
| ID | 166710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Redmond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Redmond |
| SIGNATURE | REDMOND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6442-2892 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Votes Are In! Candidate Debates as Large Policy Course Experiential Learning Method
Background: Like other professional training programs, social work pedagogy has long recognized the value of experiential learning for professional development. Despite social work's rich experiential learning literature involving field education, direct practice courses, and program evaluation, there is a dearth of literature examining how to make learning in the policy classroom experiential, particularly for large class sizes. Purpose: We aske…
Engaging Students in Social Policy and Social Justice
Social work pedagogy recognizes the educational value of experiential learning for the professional development of social workers, with a particularly rich experiential learning literature related to clinical work and field education. This study evaluates an experiential learning activity for large undergraduate courses in another area: social policy and social justice. We ask: How effective are electoral candidate debates in building BSW student…
All in the (Definition of) Family
International human rights conventions, Canadian law and academic research all support the right to family life. Internationally and domestically, multiple definitions of family are recognized, acknowledging that long-term interpersonal commitments can be based on biological relationships as well as co-residential, legal, and emotional ties. Yet, the Canadian immigration system's limited and exclusionary understanding of parent-child relationship…
The Continuum of Recovery from Alcohol Dependence
BACKGROUND: Few representative studies have examined optimal mental health among those with a history of alcohol dependence (AD). OBJECTIVES: In a representative sample of Canadians with a history of AD, to determine prevalence of, and factors associated with 1) remission from AD, 2) the absence of Substance Dependence and Psychiatric Disorders (SDPD) in the past year, and 3) complete mental health (CMH). METHOD: Secondary analysis of a publicly …
Safe Space Oddity
Inspired by an incident in a social work graduate classroom in which she was a teaching assistant, the author reflects on her commitment to constructivist teaching methods, critical theory, and critical pedagogy. Exploring the educational utility of notions such as public space and safe space, the author employs this personal experience to examine the roles played by ideology and concertive control in (re)creating societal power imbalances—with s…
Food Stamp Program Participation Among Impoverished African Americans
Safe Space Oddity
Inspired by an incident in a social work graduate classroom in which she was a teaching assistant, the author reflects on her commitment to constructivist teaching methods, critical theory, and critical pedagogy. Exploring the educational utility of notions such as public space and safe space, the author employs this personal experience to examine the roles played by ideology and concertive control in (re)creating societal power imbalances—with s…
All in the (Definition of) Family
International human rights conventions, Canadian law and academic research all support the right to family life. Internationally and domestically, multiple definitions of family are recognized, acknowledging that long-term interpersonal commitments can be based on biological relationships as well as co-residential, legal, and emotional ties. Yet, the Canadian immigration system's limited and exclusionary understanding of parent-child relationship…
Food Stamp Program Participation Among Impoverished African Americans
Safe Space Oddity
Inspired by an incident in a social work graduate classroom in which she was a teaching assistant, the author reflects on her commitment to constructivist teaching methods, critical theory, and critical pedagogy. Exploring the educational utility of notions such as public space and safe space, the author employs this personal experience to examine the roles played by ideology and concertive control in (re)creating societal power imbalances—with s…
The Continuum of Recovery from Alcohol Dependence
BACKGROUND: Few representative studies have examined optimal mental health among those with a history of alcohol dependence (AD). OBJECTIVES: In a representative sample of Canadians with a history of AD, to determine prevalence of, and factors associated with 1) remission from AD, 2) the absence of Substance Dependence and Psychiatric Disorders (SDPD) in the past year, and 3) complete mental health (CMH). METHOD: Secondary analysis of a publicly …
Engaging Students in Social Policy and Social Justice
Social work pedagogy recognizes the educational value of experiential learning for the professional development of social workers, with a particularly rich experiential learning literature related to clinical work and field education. This study evaluates an experiential learning activity for large undergraduate courses in another area: social policy and social justice. We ask: How effective are electoral candidate debates in building BSW student…
All in the (Definition of) Family
International human rights conventions, Canadian law and academic research all support the right to family life. Internationally and domestically, multiple definitions of family are recognized, acknowledging that long-term interpersonal commitments can be based on biological relationships as well as co-residential, legal, and emotional ties. Yet, the Canadian immigration system's limited and exclusionary understanding of parent-child relationship…
The Votes Are In! Candidate Debates as Large Policy Course Experiential Learning Method
Background: Like other professional training programs, social work pedagogy has long recognized the value of experiential learning for professional development. Despite social work's rich experiential learning literature involving field education, direct practice courses, and program evaluation, there is a dearth of literature examining how to make learning in the policy classroom experiential, particularly for large class sizes. Purpose: We aske…
Political science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Experiential learning (2 works) · Law (2 works)