Levy
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 9625 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Levy |
| SOBRENOME | Levy |
| ASSINATURA | LEVY |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Dundee |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6556-5043 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1896 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Identifying Nigerian literature to inform culturally relevant social work education
This study is the first to provide evidence of an extensive Nigerian social work literature. It is significant as it unsettles and refutes the prevailing narrative of an absence of African, specifically Nigerian, social work literature to inform the development of a culturally relevant curriculum. A scoping review was conducted to identify Nigerian social work literature that yielded 308 papers. Health emerged as the most established area of rese…
Deinstitutionalisation in Latvia
Disability and employment in China
This study explored perceptions of disability and attitudes towards employment within the context of the ableist construction of disability in China. Interviews were conducted with thirteen young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and thirteen of their parents in Guangzhou, China. Thematic analysis of the interviews reveals that while most young participants either deny their disability identity or struggle with it, some have…
Higher Education internationalisation policy and home student populations
Policies on internationalisation exist in Higher Education around the world, but no literature is currently available which draws together scholarly responses to these policies. This study reviews responses to internationalisation policy for ‘Home’ students (as opposed to international students) in Higher Education Institutions globally. A systematic literature search was conducted to identify internationalisation policy responses which focused o…
Working Together to Create Meaning
This article uses life history research to reveal a new understanding of institutional care. The study draws on interviews with care leavers from a Latvian orphanage who narrate life histories and identify critical life events and moments of resistance to times of adversity. The methodology intentionally positioned study nineteen care leavers as experts on their own experiences, focusing on three main life phases: before, during and after living …
Using Preventive, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership Framework to Explore the Successes and Constraints of Social Work to Address Sex Trafficking in Edo, Nigeria
Social work features in human trafficking discourses as a remedial approach, but the profession’s potentials in Nigeria have not been fully realised. Thus, our research seeks to understand how social work has fared across the Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership (4Ps) of anti-human trafficking in Edo (a prime source destination for sex trafficking in Nigeria), and what can be done to scale up the presence and efficacy of social wor…
Jewellery Making, Boundary Objects and Creativity in Social Work
New directions in social work education in Africa
New directions in social work education in Africa: challenges and prospectsSocial Work in Africa is engaged in finding pathways to respond to complex, multidimensional social issues.The genesis of many of these contemporary challenges have roots in colonialism and the legacy of colonialism.If the diverse and unique spectrum of social problems are to be addressed, a strong social work voice is needed along with a foundation to influence.Across the…
Social work education in Nigeria and the search for enhanced local relevance
Social work education should be responsive to local practices. This qualitative study, based on interviews with six social work academics, in four Nigerian universities, explored the development of social work education in Nigeria, and the integration of local content into counter-hegemonic Western knowledge. A Key Informant Interview (KII) guide based around key themes was used for data collection. The findings reveal local content is being inte…
Developing an Equitable Covid-19 Pandemic Response
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities that are medically underserved across the United States, including the 6,700 Hispanic and Pascua Yaqui residents of Guadalupe, Arizona. In May 2020, Guadalupe experienced new COVID-19 cases at a rate 13.9 times as high as its surrounding county, urging town leadership to establish the Guadalupe Community Response Team (GCRT), a multisectoral network of community, academic, and publ…
Complex roles of families in enabling sex trafficking in Edo, Nigeria
Families are an expected haven for their members but can present threats in some contexts. Part of a large-scale PhD study with 101 participants, empirical findings on the roles played by families in encouraging sex trafficking in Edo, Nigeria, are presented here. Using in-depth interviews and group discussions, data were elicited from actors within trafficking in persons. Core findings included the exploitation of roles and responsibilities in f…
Religion and spirituality as a core module in social work education in Nigeria
Religion and spirituality are central to everyday life in Nigeria. Social work educators recognize that learning cannot be separated from the influence of context, including religion and spirituality. This study presents the first empirical inquiry into religion and spirituality in social work education in Nigeria. The qualitative study explored the inclusion of religion and spirituality on Nigerian social work programs from the viewpoints of soc…
Meaningful Online Connections during Covid-19
This paper offers reflections on an organic turn to the arts as a means of connecting and working with children and young people online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns during the pandemic required social work practitioners, students, and social care staff to find innovative and creative ways of engaging with people. Online delivery of services presents both challenges and opportunities for communicating and building relationships. The art…
Making the ‘Local’ Visible in Social Work Education
Social work in the twenty-first century is maturing as a global profession. This comparative study offers an original contribution to the evolving discussion in the field of international social work. The paper makes visible the socio-spatial dimensions and contested interpretations of international and indigenous knowledge through the experiences of social work students in the Global South and Global North. Drawing on findings from an online sur…
Art in my world
This paper presents data from a unique longitudinal study exploring the visual art experiences of nine children in two Scottish primary schools. Using a theoretical lens of cultural capital, the study is focused on spaces where children experience visual art and the value of these experiences, using arts‐informed, visual methods. While each child presented a particular insight, the findings question the value of current school visual art experien…
Patriarchy, gender norms and female student dropout from high schools in Nepal
This study captured multiple perspectives on female student dropout from high schools in Nepal. We used random, purposive and snowballing sampling methods to select respondents from seven categories: parents, dropped-out students, students in school, head teachers, teachers and district education office staff. The 96 participants were geographically diverse; from six districts in three ecological regions: the mountains, the hills and the Terai. I…
Inspiring Conversations’
The involvement of service users and carers, Experts by Experience (EBE), in social work education at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and the University of Dundee, Scotland, is rooted and connected epistemologically and pedagogically. Differences emerge in how these roots are manifest in the models of EBE involvement adopted in the two universities. This article explores these similarities and differences through discussion of the differ…
On King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film
On King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film David B. Levy (bio) The Beauty of Judaism on Film. By Mike King. London: Stochastic Press, 2017. 216 pp., ISBN 978-0995648029 (pb), US $14.00. Mike King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film offers a thoughtful, insightful, and sensitive contribution to film studies, Jewish studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and religious studies. It lends itself superbly as a text for a course on Judaism in film, as a film-c…
Disability, personalisation and community arts
This paper uses personalisation and the capabilities approach to explore inclusive music classes for children with disabilities in Scotland. It provides a unique insight into the impact of participation through the voices of the disabled young musicians, their parents and tutors. The study highlights the power of inclusive spaces to transform lives, to build confidence and contest disabled identities. It engages in the spatial dynamic of opening …
Nation, Village, Cave
Though written decades apart and in two different languages (Arabic and Hebrew), Emile Habiby’s The Pessoptimist, Anton Shammas’s Arabesques, and Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun are interrelated novels in a broader literary dialogue about 1948 and its aftermath for Palestinians. The novels’ respective narratives map the Palestinian experience onto spaces both larger and smaller than that of the nation, crossing borders between Lebanon, the Galilee…
Unity and Diversity
Journal Article Unity and Diversity: Jewish Identification in America and Israel 1990–2000 Get access Uzi Rebhun, Uzi Rebhun * The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Direct correspondence to: Dr. Uzi Rebhun, Division of Jewish Demography & Statistics, The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel, e-mail: [email protected] or Dr. Shlomit Levy, e-mail: [email protected]. Search…
Values, change and inter-generational ties between two generations of women in Singapore
Personal values are framed by social contexts and carried through a person's lifecourse, but are sufficiently malleable to adapt to changing conditions. The dynamic character of personal values should be more frequently recognised in studies of inter-generational ties. This study examines the relationships between two generations of Singaporean women and their divergent values about gender roles, preference for the gender of children, family form…
Dental Caries in the Primary Dentition
Despite some concern with reliability of diagnosing d1 lesions, it appears that the d1d2-3 criteria are informative and useful in assessing the primary dentition
The Relation of Perceived Neighborhood Danger to Childhood Aggression
In the current study, two mediational mechanisms, parenting practices and children's beliefs about aggression, were hypothesized to account for the relationship between perceived neighborhood danger and childhood aggression. Using structural equation modeling, data were analyzed from an inner‐city school‐based sample of 732 predominantly African American 5th graders. Results suggested that perceived neighborhood danger was associated with strong …
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by the Guaymi Indians in Western Panama. Part II
The Relation of Perceived Neighborhood Danger to Childhood Aggression
In the current study, two mediational mechanisms, parenting practices and children's beliefs about aggression, were hypothesized to account for the relationship between perceived neighborhood danger and childhood aggression. Using structural equation modeling, data were analyzed from an inner‐city school‐based sample of 732 predominantly African American 5th graders. Results suggested that perceived neighborhood danger was associated with strong …
Unity and Diversity
Journal Article Unity and Diversity: Jewish Identification in America and Israel 1990–2000 Get access Uzi Rebhun, Uzi Rebhun * The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Direct correspondence to: Dr. Uzi Rebhun, Division of Jewish Demography & Statistics, The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel, e-mail: [email protected] or Dr. Shlomit Levy, e-mail: [email protected]. Search…
Values, change and inter-generational ties between two generations of women in Singapore
Personal values are framed by social contexts and carried through a person's lifecourse, but are sufficiently malleable to adapt to changing conditions. The dynamic character of personal values should be more frequently recognised in studies of inter-generational ties. This study examines the relationships between two generations of Singaporean women and their divergent values about gender roles, preference for the gender of children, family form…
Making the ‘Local’ Visible in Social Work Education
Social work in the twenty-first century is maturing as a global profession. This comparative study offers an original contribution to the evolving discussion in the field of international social work. The paper makes visible the socio-spatial dimensions and contested interpretations of international and indigenous knowledge through the experiences of social work students in the Global South and Global North. Drawing on findings from an online sur…
Patriarchy, gender norms and female student dropout from high schools in Nepal
This study captured multiple perspectives on female student dropout from high schools in Nepal. We used random, purposive and snowballing sampling methods to select respondents from seven categories: parents, dropped-out students, students in school, head teachers, teachers and district education office staff. The 96 participants were geographically diverse; from six districts in three ecological regions: the mountains, the hills and the Terai. I…
Nation, Village, Cave
Though written decades apart and in two different languages (Arabic and Hebrew), Emile Habiby’s The Pessoptimist, Anton Shammas’s Arabesques, and Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun are interrelated novels in a broader literary dialogue about 1948 and its aftermath for Palestinians. The novels’ respective narratives map the Palestinian experience onto spaces both larger and smaller than that of the nation, crossing borders between Lebanon, the Galilee…
Using Preventive, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership Framework to Explore the Successes and Constraints of Social Work to Address Sex Trafficking in Edo, Nigeria
Social work features in human trafficking discourses as a remedial approach, but the profession’s potentials in Nigeria have not been fully realised. Thus, our research seeks to understand how social work has fared across the Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership (4Ps) of anti-human trafficking in Edo (a prime source destination for sex trafficking in Nigeria), and what can be done to scale up the presence and efficacy of social wor…
Inspiring Conversations’
The involvement of service users and carers, Experts by Experience (EBE), in social work education at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and the University of Dundee, Scotland, is rooted and connected epistemologically and pedagogically. Differences emerge in how these roots are manifest in the models of EBE involvement adopted in the two universities. This article explores these similarities and differences through discussion of the differ…
A Measure of Family Functioning for Health Care Practice and Research in Israel
Complex roles of families in enabling sex trafficking in Edo, Nigeria
Families are an expected haven for their members but can present threats in some contexts. Part of a large-scale PhD study with 101 participants, empirical findings on the roles played by families in encouraging sex trafficking in Edo, Nigeria, are presented here. Using in-depth interviews and group discussions, data were elicited from actors within trafficking in persons. Core findings included the exploitation of roles and responsibilities in f…
Meaningful Online Connections during Covid-19
This paper offers reflections on an organic turn to the arts as a means of connecting and working with children and young people online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns during the pandemic required social work practitioners, students, and social care staff to find innovative and creative ways of engaging with people. Online delivery of services presents both challenges and opportunities for communicating and building relationships. The art…
Aramaic Proverbs
Zadoc Kahn's Sermons
Sermons by M. A. Levy
Is There a Jewish Literature
What Is "Jewish" Literature
A Measure of Family Functioning for Health Care Practice and Research in Israel
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by the Guaymi Indians in Western Panama. Part I
The Effects of Labeling on Health Behavior and Treatment Program among North American Indians
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used by the Guaymi Indians in Western Panama. Part II
The Relation of Perceived Neighborhood Danger to Childhood Aggression
In the current study, two mediational mechanisms, parenting practices and children's beliefs about aggression, were hypothesized to account for the relationship between perceived neighborhood danger and childhood aggression. Using structural equation modeling, data were analyzed from an inner‐city school‐based sample of 732 predominantly African American 5th graders. Results suggested that perceived neighborhood danger was associated with strong …
Dental Caries in the Primary Dentition
Despite some concern with reliability of diagnosing d1 lesions, it appears that the d1d2-3 criteria are informative and useful in assessing the primary dentition
Values, change and inter-generational ties between two generations of women in Singapore
Personal values are framed by social contexts and carried through a person's lifecourse, but are sufficiently malleable to adapt to changing conditions. The dynamic character of personal values should be more frequently recognised in studies of inter-generational ties. This study examines the relationships between two generations of Singaporean women and their divergent values about gender roles, preference for the gender of children, family form…
Unity and Diversity
Journal Article Unity and Diversity: Jewish Identification in America and Israel 1990–2000 Get access Uzi Rebhun, Uzi Rebhun * The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Direct correspondence to: Dr. Uzi Rebhun, Division of Jewish Demography & Statistics, The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel, e-mail: [email protected] or Dr. Shlomit Levy, e-mail: [email protected]. Search…
Nation, Village, Cave
Though written decades apart and in two different languages (Arabic and Hebrew), Emile Habiby’s The Pessoptimist, Anton Shammas’s Arabesques, and Elias Khoury’s Gate of the Sun are interrelated novels in a broader literary dialogue about 1948 and its aftermath for Palestinians. The novels’ respective narratives map the Palestinian experience onto spaces both larger and smaller than that of the nation, crossing borders between Lebanon, the Galilee…
Disability, personalisation and community arts
This paper uses personalisation and the capabilities approach to explore inclusive music classes for children with disabilities in Scotland. It provides a unique insight into the impact of participation through the voices of the disabled young musicians, their parents and tutors. The study highlights the power of inclusive spaces to transform lives, to build confidence and contest disabled identities. It engages in the spatial dynamic of opening …
On King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film
On King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film David B. Levy (bio) The Beauty of Judaism on Film. By Mike King. London: Stochastic Press, 2017. 216 pp., ISBN 978-0995648029 (pb), US $14.00. Mike King's The Beauty of Judaism on Film offers a thoughtful, insightful, and sensitive contribution to film studies, Jewish studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and religious studies. It lends itself superbly as a text for a course on Judaism in film, as a film-c…
Art in my world
This paper presents data from a unique longitudinal study exploring the visual art experiences of nine children in two Scottish primary schools. Using a theoretical lens of cultural capital, the study is focused on spaces where children experience visual art and the value of these experiences, using arts‐informed, visual methods. While each child presented a particular insight, the findings question the value of current school visual art experien…
Patriarchy, gender norms and female student dropout from high schools in Nepal
This study captured multiple perspectives on female student dropout from high schools in Nepal. We used random, purposive and snowballing sampling methods to select respondents from seven categories: parents, dropped-out students, students in school, head teachers, teachers and district education office staff. The 96 participants were geographically diverse; from six districts in three ecological regions: the mountains, the hills and the Terai. I…
Inspiring Conversations’
The involvement of service users and carers, Experts by Experience (EBE), in social work education at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and the University of Dundee, Scotland, is rooted and connected epistemologically and pedagogically. Differences emerge in how these roots are manifest in the models of EBE involvement adopted in the two universities. This article explores these similarities and differences through discussion of the differ…
Religion and spirituality as a core module in social work education in Nigeria
Religion and spirituality are central to everyday life in Nigeria. Social work educators recognize that learning cannot be separated from the influence of context, including religion and spirituality. This study presents the first empirical inquiry into religion and spirituality in social work education in Nigeria. The qualitative study explored the inclusion of religion and spirituality on Nigerian social work programs from the viewpoints of soc…
Meaningful Online Connections during Covid-19
This paper offers reflections on an organic turn to the arts as a means of connecting and working with children and young people online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns during the pandemic required social work practitioners, students, and social care staff to find innovative and creative ways of engaging with people. Online delivery of services presents both challenges and opportunities for communicating and building relationships. The art…
Making the ‘Local’ Visible in Social Work Education
Social work in the twenty-first century is maturing as a global profession. This comparative study offers an original contribution to the evolving discussion in the field of international social work. The paper makes visible the socio-spatial dimensions and contested interpretations of international and indigenous knowledge through the experiences of social work students in the Global South and Global North. Drawing on findings from an online sur…
New directions in social work education in Africa
New directions in social work education in Africa: challenges and prospectsSocial Work in Africa is engaged in finding pathways to respond to complex, multidimensional social issues.The genesis of many of these contemporary challenges have roots in colonialism and the legacy of colonialism.If the diverse and unique spectrum of social problems are to be addressed, a strong social work voice is needed along with a foundation to influence.Across the…
Social work education in Nigeria and the search for enhanced local relevance
Social work education should be responsive to local practices. This qualitative study, based on interviews with six social work academics, in four Nigerian universities, explored the development of social work education in Nigeria, and the integration of local content into counter-hegemonic Western knowledge. A Key Informant Interview (KII) guide based around key themes was used for data collection. The findings reveal local content is being inte…
Developing an Equitable Covid-19 Pandemic Response
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities that are medically underserved across the United States, including the 6,700 Hispanic and Pascua Yaqui residents of Guadalupe, Arizona. In May 2020, Guadalupe experienced new COVID-19 cases at a rate 13.9 times as high as its surrounding county, urging town leadership to establish the Guadalupe Community Response Team (GCRT), a multisectoral network of community, academic, and publ…
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