HSM200 Cultural Competency & Research

Diversity in Practice:  Remember that diversity shapes the human experience and is critical to the formation of identity.

 Read Hodge's article on Social Justice & Religion and the NASW pamphlet on Cultural Competence.

Specific instructions on how to find appropriate research articles is listed in the above assignment.

You will be selecting two scholarly articles and writing a one page critique (at least 500 words) for each article using your own words, not quotes.  Before starting each summary, give the exact name of the article and the author(s).  The purpose of this assignment is to learn about vulnerable populations, and explain how each article will help social workers work with the population chosen.  YES, both articles must be on the same population

Finally a page of about  200 words,that I call The Learning, on what you learned from this research.  This is the third and last part of this assignment.  What did you learn that would be important to pass on to other social workers?

Parameters: 1.  Must be a scholarly article (peer reviewed).

                     2.  Must be at least ten pages in length (without counting the reference pages)  (NOW 7 PAGES)

                     3.  Must be two articles written about people living in America (Canada can be used, but no other country)

                     4.  Both articles must be on the same population.

                     5.  Must be current, withing 10 years (2011 to 2021)

                     6. If I accept one article and reject another, you need to resend both articles again and together in PDF form.  I cannot remember your topic,   even if you just send one for approval. 

                     7.  Articles for approval should be sent via email for quick approval, and received no later then 11/20/21.  Please send the articles as whole PDF articles.  Many links do not reach                              me.

  This is worth 100 points (15%) of your grade.  Articles must be approved by 11/20/21. (both must come in at the same time). Both critiques, and your commentary must be sent to me by 12/1/21 via BB.    A rubric will be used to grade this assignment.  You may submit work early.

Papers must be typed in 12pt Times New Roman or Arial with one inch borders and without grammatical error.  Papers should have a Title Page that

includes your name, and title of the paper (not included in your word count).