Linda Cherrey Reeser
Biographic Data
| ID | 5941236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Cherrey Reeser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda Cherrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Reeser |
| SIGNATURE | REESER L C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Class Activist Lens for Teaching about Poverty
The mission of social work is to serve the poor and oppressed and engage in social reform. This article proposes a conceptual framework, and teaching and practice strategies to equip students to understand poverty from a class perspective. The action component is to politicize practice and become allies with the poor in resisting injustice and promoting their social and economic development
Safety Training in Social Work Education
Social workers are particularly vulnerable to violence due to the type of clients they serve, the preponderance of involuntary service relationships, the settings in which they work, and cutbacks in services. A national survey was conducted of field directors to discern their perceptions about danger to interns, schools' and agencies' practices and responsibilities for student safety, safety standards and policies, training personnel and content,…
Uncollegial Relationships Among Social Work Educators
Uncollegial behaviors are described in three categories: verbal attacks, destructive game playing and withholding support. Factors in academia that contribute to uncollegial behavior and theoretical frameworks that explain its existence are explored. Strategies for dealing with noxious colleagues at the organizational and interpersonal level are discussed
Enhancing Student Coping and Modifying the Stressful Academic Environment
Studies have identified a list of stressors in higher education. The next step is to identify ways to reduce student stress and increase student coping. A survey of graduate social work students and faculty sought suggestions on ways to accomplish this. It also examined the degree to which students and faculty agree or differ on what should and can be done. The findings indicate that there are few areas of faculty/student agreement regarding chan…
Professional Role Orientation and Social Activism
This article examines the effects on social action of the client, bureaucratic, and professional role orientations of social workers. A national survey was conducted of 682 social workers who were members of the National Association of Social Workers. Systematic sampling was used and the questionnaire was self-administered. A bureaucratic orientation is not supportive of activism; a client orientation encourages activism; and a professional orien…
Professionalization, Striving, and Social Work Activism
An historic concern within social work is that professionalization will diminish its commitment to social activism. A national survey of the professional attributes and social action attitudes and behaviors of 682 professional social workers was conducted in 1984 to empirically examine the relationship between professionalization and social activism. A model of social work as a "conservative professional community" was tested and found to be a po…
Back To Our Roots Towards a Specialization in Social Justice
This article describes a proposed social justice curriculum and presents a case study of attempts to establish it in a graduate school of social work. The study is set in the context of the history of activism in social work and an analysis of societal and professional forces which may inhibit such activism. The rationale for a specialization in social justice is discussed along with the process and politics and developing the program and seeking…
Women and Social Work Activism in the 1980s
Social work is concerned that professionalization is eroding its commitment to social reform. However, it has ignored the possibility that gender may have an impact on social activism. This article reports on the relationship between gender and activism that was found in a national survey of the social-action attitudes and behavior of 682 professional social workers. Although gender generally did not make a difference in the degree of social acti…
Social Workers' Attitudes toward Poverty and Social Action
Throughout social work history there has been concern about social workers' commitment to the poor and to social action on their behalf. This article compares the findings of surveys of professional social workers conducted in 1968 and 1984 to determine the changes, if any, in social workers' attitudes toward poverty, lowincome clients, and activist goals and strategies for the profession. The implications of the data for the identity of the prof…
Social Workers' Attitudes toward Poverty and Social Action
Throughout social work history there has been concern about social workers' commitment to the poor and to social action on their behalf. This article compares the findings of surveys of professional social workers conducted in 1968 and 1984 to determine the changes, if any, in social workers' attitudes toward poverty, lowincome clients, and activist goals and strategies for the profession. The implications of the data for the identity of the prof…
Professionalization, Striving, and Social Work Activism
An historic concern within social work is that professionalization will diminish its commitment to social activism. A national survey of the professional attributes and social action attitudes and behaviors of 682 professional social workers was conducted in 1984 to empirically examine the relationship between professionalization and social activism. A model of social work as a "conservative professional community" was tested and found to be a po…
Women and Social Work Activism in the 1980s
Social work is concerned that professionalization is eroding its commitment to social reform. However, it has ignored the possibility that gender may have an impact on social activism. This article reports on the relationship between gender and activism that was found in a national survey of the social-action attitudes and behavior of 682 professional social workers. Although gender generally did not make a difference in the degree of social acti…
Social Workers' Attitudes toward Poverty and Social Action
Throughout social work history there has been concern about social workers' commitment to the poor and to social action on their behalf. This article compares the findings of surveys of professional social workers conducted in 1968 and 1984 to determine the changes, if any, in social workers' attitudes toward poverty, lowincome clients, and activist goals and strategies for the profession. The implications of the data for the identity of the prof…
Women and Social Work Activism in the 1980s
Social work is concerned that professionalization is eroding its commitment to social reform. However, it has ignored the possibility that gender may have an impact on social activism. This article reports on the relationship between gender and activism that was found in a national survey of the social-action attitudes and behavior of 682 professional social workers. Although gender generally did not make a difference in the degree of social acti…
Back To Our Roots Towards a Specialization in Social Justice
This article describes a proposed social justice curriculum and presents a case study of attempts to establish it in a graduate school of social work. The study is set in the context of the history of activism in social work and an analysis of societal and professional forces which may inhibit such activism. The rationale for a specialization in social justice is discussed along with the process and politics and developing the program and seeking…
Professionalization, Striving, and Social Work Activism
An historic concern within social work is that professionalization will diminish its commitment to social activism. A national survey of the professional attributes and social action attitudes and behaviors of 682 professional social workers was conducted in 1984 to empirically examine the relationship between professionalization and social activism. A model of social work as a "conservative professional community" was tested and found to be a po…
Professional Role Orientation and Social Activism
This article examines the effects on social action of the client, bureaucratic, and professional role orientations of social workers. A national survey was conducted of 682 social workers who were members of the National Association of Social Workers. Systematic sampling was used and the questionnaire was self-administered. A bureaucratic orientation is not supportive of activism; a client orientation encourages activism; and a professional orien…
Enhancing Student Coping and Modifying the Stressful Academic Environment
Studies have identified a list of stressors in higher education. The next step is to identify ways to reduce student stress and increase student coping. A survey of graduate social work students and faculty sought suggestions on ways to accomplish this. It also examined the degree to which students and faculty agree or differ on what should and can be done. The findings indicate that there are few areas of faculty/student agreement regarding chan…
Uncollegial Relationships Among Social Work Educators
Uncollegial behaviors are described in three categories: verbal attacks, destructive game playing and withholding support. Factors in academia that contribute to uncollegial behavior and theoretical frameworks that explain its existence are explored. Strategies for dealing with noxious colleagues at the organizational and interpersonal level are discussed
Safety Training in Social Work Education
Social workers are particularly vulnerable to violence due to the type of clients they serve, the preponderance of involuntary service relationships, the settings in which they work, and cutbacks in services. A national survey was conducted of field directors to discern their perceptions about danger to interns, schools' and agencies' practices and responsibilities for student safety, safety standards and policies, training personnel and content,…
Class Activist Lens for Teaching about Poverty
The mission of social work is to serve the poor and oppressed and engage in social reform. This article proposes a conceptual framework, and teaching and practice strategies to equip students to understand poverty from a class perspective. The action component is to politicize practice and become allies with the poor in resisting injustice and promoting their social and economic development
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