Deck 10: Macro Practice, Social Development and Social Pedagogy

Question 1

What is the main contribution of these ideas to social work?

A) the priority that they give to psychosocial issues as a focus for intervention
B) the priority that they give to systems thinking in dealing with social problems
C) the priority that they give to oppression and discrimination
D) the priority that they give to social and education, rather than the psychological, as a focus for intervention

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Macro practice and community work differ from each other in terms of location (US versus international) and focus (policy change versus social change)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The idea of ___ is to engage people who are immobilized from making progress so they can develop

A) capacity-building
B) social capital
C) activation
D) none of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The problem with integrating macro and social development with social work is that:

A) the personal inclination of many practitioners to do therapeutic work is distant from those practice methods
B) there are different ethical standards in social work as compared with macro and social development
C) they are incompatible with each other
D) none of the above

Question 5

Many practitioners of community work, macro practice, and social pedagogy see the ideas of their work as being in opposition to individual, family, and group social work.

Question 6

The difference regarding social change between critical theories on one hand and macro, social development, and social pedagogy on the other is:

A) critical theories focus more on the individual and the others on the community and society
B) one developed in the USA and the other in the UK
C) critical theories focus on social change while the others seek reform and social improvement
D) very little as both focus on bringing about extensive social change as an ultimate objective

Question 7

Social pedagogy:

A) is a significant tradition in mainland Europe
B) largely absent from social work in English-speaking countries
C) represents the positive objectives of the shared value principles
D) all of the above

Question 8

An important new element in social development theory that seeks to create profit-seeking businesses instead of developing new services in the public sector is known as:

A) entrepreneurship
B) mutual-aid services
C) social enterprise
D) private sector philanthropy

Question 9

Education can make a difference in the lives of poor people; it can be used to combat social exclusion and social identity, aiming at personal and social growth through problem-solving rather than simply the resolution of personal problems. This approach is known as:

A) social pedagogy
B) change pedagogy
C) active learning
D) systems learning

Question 10

The central value issue in macro practice is to:

A) whether the social work practitioner's ethics standards should be replaced by the ethics requirements of the collective or community
B) whether to focus on some reform or radical change
C) develop a way to integrate the values of the clients with those of the agency
D) manage the intrusion of the agency's and practitioner's objectives into the objectives of the collective or community that the practice is designed to help

Question 11

Do macro, social development, and social pedagogy theories come from different theoretical sources?

Question 12

What is called macro practice in the US is usually called _____ in other countries.

A) community work
B) cause-based social change
C) social advocacy
D) social pedagogy

Question 13

A religious basis for seeking social change typically found in South American social work is called:

A) missionary-based social development
B) revelation theology
C) liberation theology
D) church-based social change

Question 14

One of the big advantages of social enterprise over other structures for social development is that:

A) potential profits can be independent of control by government or charities
B) profits are tax-exempt
C) using for-profit approaches encourages people to start their own businesses
D) helping spread the benefits of entrepreneurship

Question 15

Social enterprise sometimes uses ______ approach to alleviate poverty.

A) newly developed welfare programs
B) creation of new public sector initiatives
C) charitable fund-raising activities such as auctions
D) microfinance

Question 16

Social development, macro and community work, and social pedagogy relate to participatory approaches and require skills in interpersonal and group communications that closely relate to social work skills.

Question 17

The tendency on the part of the agency to want to control the aims and methods that members of the community will follow is called:

A) strategic planning
B) parentalism
C) social management
D) none of the above

Question 18

The goals of macro practice include:

A) lasting change that alters the economic, political, and social environment
B) including those who have been excluded
C) helping individuals achieve their individual and life goals
D) all of the above

Question 19

The identified capabilities of a social entrepreneur do not include:

A) dedication to a social goal or purpose
B) a high degree of concern about money-making
C) wanting to make things happen
D) seeing possibilities rather than barriers

Question 20

Social development if often discussed and although defined in various ways, these definitions are not controversial because they are focused on bringing about improvements in society.