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OLD AGE AND SOCIAL WORKERS PRACTICE
OLD AGE AND SOCIAL WORKERS PRACTICE
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Old-Age and Social Workers Practice
Social workers work with different types of people, and working with adults is one group of people social workers get engaged with. The old aged indeed get their health compromised most of the times, and therefore their lives become even more challenging to manage with the health issues present in their bodies as they age. The old aged suffer from forgetfulness, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, sinusitis, and other types of illnesses. These health issues need to be cared for. Most of the time, these old-aged individuals find themselves in nursing homes being given care for their aging bodies, which require constant maintenance. An example from the book is that Abbie, an old-aged lady, falls and keeps calling for help in a nursing home because she is feeling a lot of pain in her back. Therefore when a person comes to check on her, she informs her that she needs a painkiller (Suppes & wells, 2018 pg. 295). Apart from these, they also experience mental deterioration, and this should also be addressed by understanding them, showing them love, and taking care of them.
It is also true that social workers should interact and socialize with every kind of person in society. This is because the people who need help are within the community. Unless a social worker can interact with them effectively, it might not be easy to provide the necessary support to them since the social worker will not have known them well enough. Apart from just interacting with everyone in the community, it is also true that social workers are using all the possible technology to make sure that services are provided towards the communities in which they live, adequately and employing the current technology for efficient service (Suppes & wells, 2018 pg. 176).
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Suppes, M. A., & Wells, C. C. (2017). The social work experience: A case-based introduction to social work and social welfare. Pearson.
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Impressionism in the 19th century was a style of art that gained prominence during those periods and originated from Paris. This movement was however criticized and rejected by the conventional artists. The emphasis of this movement was on clear compositions of paintings with accurate indication of light that could show the different times of the day in the picture. The radical artists rejected this art style arguing that it violated the rules of painting (McKenzie, 2000).
However, despite the opposition from certain group of arts, some artists continued to produce paintings that exhibited impressionism. An example of impressionist painting was the Le Repos, ca that was produced in 1870 by a French artist Edouard Manet. Edouard was one of the artists who began impressionism (Sayre, 2012). The painting is of his close friend and fellow painter Berthe Morisot. The picture shows Morisot seated in a chair. The picture exhibits the characteristics of the impressionist movement in that image is small and the colour used is brown with Morisot wearing a white dress. The use of brown colour shows conservatism which was important to the impressionist artists.
Another impressionist painting is Fredrick Childe’s painting known as the Poppies on the Isles of shoals that was produced in 1890. Fredrick was an American artist but was also an impressionist artist. The painting shows poppy plants on an island. The painting has a lot of characteristics of impressionist paintings. The 1st characteristic is the use of little brushwork in the painting as a result, different colors can be seen the painting. In addition, the picture shows a clear depiction of light which makes someone to predict the time of the day shown in the painting. The painting also depicts different angles of the subject matter of painting.
The 3rd impressionist painting is also by another French artist. The painting is referred to as Renoir La Liseuse (The Reader) and was produced in 1877. The painting shows Renoir shows reading some materials. The painting by Pierre-Auguste has colour conservatism, a characteristic of impressionist paintings (Sayre, 2012). Pierre-Auguste used dull colors of black and brown making the paining very conservative. The subject matter used is very simple and ordinary in addition the composition is very open. Although the painting has very few or just one visual angle, it contains a lot of characteristics of impressionist paintings.
Post impressionism refers to the development of French art after Manet (Sayre, 2012). An example of post-impressionist painting is the Deutsch: Zypressen in Cangnes by Henri Edmond. The painting shows very tall green trees and other trees which are orange in colour. At the background there are tall buildings. The painting is a typical post impressionist painting because there is use of thick paint and the subject matter which is a forest burning, is a real life situation.
Henri Rousseau was an English artist in the post impressionist era. He made a painting of himself carrying a lamp. The painting is a typical post impressionist painting as shown by the use of thick paint, different brushstrokes and the use of bright white color.
The last post impressionist painting is by Robert Pinchon called Robert Antoine Pinchon produced in 1909.The painting is of a river flowing under a bridge with some sailors travelling through the bridge. The painting just like the other post impressionist paintings has very thick paint application. It has unnatural colors and different brush strokes. The subject matter is also very real.
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Internal Memo
From Adam Johnson
Company’s Interior Designer
To The Managing Director Hopps Limited
Jonson Wesley.
I have completed looking at all the paintings that are supposed to be used at the new company’s offices. I looked at six paintings and have picked on 6 that are to be used at these new offices. The 3 paintings are a reflection on the company’s mission and visions. Some of the paintings do have our corporate colour therefore; conform to our ambition and aspirations. The 1st painting shows a young woman seated and was produced by the French artist Manet. The 2nd painting is on plants growing on an island while the 3rd painting shows a woman reading some of reading materials.
The other 3 paintings are about different things. One painting is about a forest being on fire, the other is a painting of a famous French artist while the last painting is about a river flowing under a bridge. I will bring all these paintings so that you can have a look at them and also give your view on them. Any painting that you think does not reflect our corporate image I will remove and look for another painting as you so wish. Thanks you much.
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The paintings by Manet and Renoir are very important historically as they showed the beginning of impressionist as a movement of art. The 2 paintings were both by French artists who were the pioneers of impressionism as a style of art. These were among the 1st impressionist paintings to be produced (Sayre, 2012).
The painting by Childe showed the spread of impressionism to other parts of the world. Childe was not French but an American. He neither travelled to France although his painting was shown at the France art show piece during the 19th century. He developed impressionism all by himself (McKenzie, 2000). His painting therefore shows impressionism spreading to other artist like Childe in America.
The paintings by Edmond, Rousseau and Pinchon are equally historically important as they signal the beginning of a new era in the painting industry. These three paintings marked the end of impressionism and the beginning of post impressionism. The paintings are all by English artists indicating the change of style of painting in Europe at that time. These paintings introduced the post impressionism characteristics of painting where there was less emphasis on expression by the use of many different geometrical angles of the paintings.
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The paintings reflect the corporate image and mission. The paintings on poppies on Shoals Island by Childe indicate the company’s environmental and conservation initiatives. The company has been on the fore front to protect the environment by avoiding pollution of the water bodies. The painting therefore shows how our environment should look like when conserved.
The painting of a forest burning by Edmond indicates our main objective of protecting the environment by avoiding such forest fires shown in the painting. The last picture, by Pinchon, show a river flowing which can support water transport therefore must have been deep enough. This resonates with our message of conservation to prevent water in rivers from drying up.
References
McKenzie, L. (2000). Non-western Art: A Brief guide. (2nd Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Sayre, H. M. (2012). The Humanities: Culture, Continuity and Change, Volume 2 (2nd Ed).Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearsons Education.
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Of the various steps in the action research cycle, which is the most important and why
Of the various steps in the action research cycle, which is the most important and why?
Knowledge is a product of the research work done tirelessly by different groups of researchers all over the globe. The application of active research is seen in the classroom when teachers teach a lesson and later feel that it could be further improved through some little change in the methodology. Action Research is a form of self-reflective enquiry which is done by the various parties involved in social and or educational situations in order to improve their social and educational practices, their understanding of these practices, and the situations in which these practices are carried out (Carr & Kemmis, 1986). Active research can therefore be defined as the reflective continued process of solving problems individually or as a group in order to address the issues facing the society or a given education system. Active research can therefore be used as a data collecting device when one is doing a project or dissertation work.
The action research cycle has four main stages. They include; planning, acting, observation or data collection and reflection or reviewing. In the planning stage, the main interest is to device a plan that will help solve the problem at hand (Kember, 2000). It even involves brainstorming amongst the team members, if they are working in a group, to come up with a work plan on how to solve a student’s problem. As this progress the teacher is to reflect in the action. Reflecting on one’s practice is the climax of an action researcher (Kember, 2000). Reflection involves self evaluation. In the process one can be able to evaluate their teaching and on the learning speeds and process of different students.
The teacher is meant to learn the learning abilities and inabilities of the students in a variety of ways. Observation tells more about a student. The work of the pupil, registers, wall charts, pupil files or records, notes from parents, lesson plans or notes, school brochures are some of the few document from which data can be collected. A variety of data needs to be collected to avoid skewness when giving out the final report about the research finding. This data collected is then correctly analyzed and reviewed over and over again to ensue the right solution is realized to help salvage the issue being tackled.
Of the four action research stages, the action is the critical stage. It can actually be termed as the beginning of the whole research process. It the stage of careful thought and meditations in those moments of solitude reveal a lot. The weaknesses and the strengths of both the teacher and the student are recognized and identified. It’s the stage of correlation of the teaching and learning process and self evaluation in relation to objective achievement; whether the student is progressing or stagnant. It is at this level that a researcher follows their natural curiosities and interests, making a note of them as they arise during the reflective process. Eventually, one is able to redefine the research questions, or choose the course of research that will be the most rewarding. The researcher immerses themselves in the whole process and takes ownership of it. It is actually the foundation of active research.
List of references;
Carr, W. & Kemmis, S. W. (1986). Becoming critical: education, knowledge, and action research. Wilfred Carr. Routledge
Kember.D. (2000). Action learning and action research: improving the quality of teaching and learning. David. Routledge