Seymour Sarason in Memorial
Prospects for Community and Social Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11043500 |
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| Authors | Kenneth I Maton (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-202 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.20495 |
| OpenAlex | W1908106534 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Seymour Sarason passed away on January 10, 2010 at the age of 91. He was the author of more than 40 books, including The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change (1971), The Creation of Settings and the Future Societies (1972), and The Psychological Sense of Community: Prospects for a Community Psychology (1974). His groundbreaking ideas were major influences in the .elds of education, community psychology, mental retardation, and care of the aged. Seymour is a seminal figure in the development of community psychology, providing a paradigm for action research (Psychoeducational Clinic). He generated key ideas to guide the field, emphasized the importance of historical and cultural context, and developed intellectually and personally meaningful relationships with many of the field's leaders
Action (physics) · Community psychology · Context (archaeology) · Field (mathematics) · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · History · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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