Social Work Macro Practice, 6th edition

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich students’ experience with the text through dynamic videos that illustrate historical and current topics and issues in social work macro practice. (See pages 5, 11, and 31 for examples.)

• Check Your Understanding Quizzes. Embedded assessments with feedback, including multiple-choice assessments at the end of each major heading, allow students to continually assess their understanding of chapter content and Learning Outcomes. (See pages 9, 19 and 33 for examples.)

• Chapter Review Quizzes. Multiple-choice, Assess Your Competence quizzes at the end of each chapter help students check their understanding and provide feedback. (See pages 28, 58, and 86 for examples.)

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Additional text benefits include:

• Get background information and sound help for understanding the process and practicalities of macro practice in social work:
  • Students gain a sound perspective on the history of social work in organizations and communities and the uniqueness of social work as both micro and macro through the book’s historical context and emphasis on the importance of developing one’s professional identity as a social work practitioner (Chs. 1 and 2).
  • NEW! Alternative theories are included, introducing students to contemporary ways of thinking that push the envelope beyond more traditional approaches. Included is new theoretical content on:
    • Critical Race Theory and Identity Theory (Chs. 3 and 9).
    • Framing Theory (Ch. 4).
    • Assets Mapping, field Interactional Theory, and Power Dependency Theory (Ch. 5).
    • Organizational Culture, Feminist, and Critical Theories (Chs. 7 and 8).
  • User-friendly assessment frameworks for analyzing populations, problems, communities, and organizations serve as tools for helping students engage in understanding large systems. Questions guide students in thinking about the multidimensional nature of the organizations and communities with which they work.
  • NEW! Practical frameworks are updated and new tasks within the frameworks have been renamed to be more congruent with EPAS competencies and graphical representations of each framework are now included. In-depth content on the logic model strengthens students’ understanding of the relationship between this model and the macro practice procedures proposed.
  • The unique macro practice model shows students how to engage with others to plan and implement change within diverse communities and organizations, including where to start in addressing a change effort and how to proceed through the planning and implementation process (Chs. 9-12).
  • A strong emphasis on the iterative nature of planned change and the necessity of understanding the power dynamics in any change effort helps students recognize the importance of power and politics (Chs. 9 and 10).
    • How to address a target system that is not open to change is addressed and specific strategies and tactics are explained.
  • Students move from a conceptual understanding to the practicalities of planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluating change efforts through the logic model introduced in Chapter 11 and carried through into Chapter 12.
  • An emphasis on the importance of recognizing diversity among population groups engaged in change efforts offers students opportunities to explore different ways of looking at the world. Included are:
    • Historical content on diverse groups and the struggles they have encountered (Ch. 2).
    • A look at multiple target populations and their differences (Ch. 3).
    • A look at key stakeholders critical to any change opportunity (Ch. 9).
  • NEW! New content on diverse populations takes students beyond the concept of cultural competency by introducing them to cultural humility, whiteness studies, and critical race theory (Chs. 3 and 4).
    • The chapter on populations now comes before the chapter on problems.
    • Chapter 3 leads with a new section on Advancing Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice, including new content on cultural humility, cultural competency, whiteness studies, and critical race theory.
    • Another new section, Developing Strategies on Authentic Engagement, includes new material on working with groups, community organizing, and community engagement.
  • NEW! Macro practice is framed within an international context to help students see social work in a broader context and know where to locate additional resources on international social work. Included is the following new information (Chs. 1 and 2):
    • References from international journals.
    • Information on international codes of ethics.
    • References to differences in social work education across multiple countries.
    • A new case example on international social work.
    • A new section on Accelerating Perspectives on Global Social Work.
  • New and updated content on technology engages students who are already exploring ways to use their electronic devices in the field and makes the book more relevant to the next generation of social workers and includes:
    • Updated information on the wise use of technology (Chs. 1 and 2).
    • A new section on Strengthen Collective Identity focused on how use of the internet, social networking sites, and mobile technology can be used to facilitate communication among action system members (Ch. 9). This is reinforced by a section on the use of technology in advocating for change (Ch. 10).
  • The process of macro practice in social work is broken down into manageable units to give students confidence in their abilities to make constructive changes in organizations and communities (Chs. 9-12).
  • Thorough coverage of community and organizations, both traditional and contemporary, gives students a solid grounding in understanding communities and organizations (Chs. 5 and 7).
  • Step-by-step instructions for understanding and assessing communities and organizations helps students evaluate communities and organizations and the problems they may be experiencing.
  • NEW! A new chapter on Evaluation has been added by dividing the original Chapter 11 into a new Chapter 11 and 12. Each chapter has been expanded to include more material on the planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating aspects of planned change.
    • The updated content is aligned with evidence-based practice (EBP) approaches in the field.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich students’ experience with the text through dynamic videos that illustrate historical and current topics and issues in social work macro practice. (See pages 5, 11, and 31 for examples.)

• Check Your Understanding Quizzes. Embedded assessments with feedback, including multiple-choice assessments at the end of each major heading, allow students to continually assess their understanding of chapter content and Learning Outcomes. (See pages 9, 19 and 33 for examples.)

• Chapter Review Quizzes. Multiple-choice, Assess Your Competence quizzes at the end of each chapter help students check their understanding and provide feedback. (See pages 28, 58, and 86 for examples.)

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Key content changes include:

• Macro practice is framed within an international context to help students see social work in a broader context and know where to locate additional resources on international social work. Included is the following new information (Chs. 1 and 2):
  • References from international journals.
  • Information on international codes of ethics.
  • References to differences in social work education across multiple countries.
  • A new case example on international social work.
  • A new section on Accelerating Perspectives on Global Social Work.
• New content on diverse populations takes students beyond the concept of cultural competency by introducing them to cultural humility, whiteness studies, and critical race theory (Chs. 3 and 4).
  • The chapter on populations now comes before the chapter on problems.
  • Chapter 3 leads with a new section on Advancing human Rights and Social and Economic Justice, including new content on cultural humility, cultural competency, whiteness studies, and critical race theory.
  • Another new section, Developing Strategies on Authentic Engagement, includes new material on working with groups, community organizing, and community engagement.
• Alternative theories are included, introducing students to contemporary ways of thinking that push the envelope beyond more traditional approaches. Included is new theoretical content on:
  • Critical Race Theory and Identity Theory (Chs. 3 and 9).
  • Framing Theory (Ch. 4).
  • Assets Mapping, field Interactional Theory, and Power Dependency Theory (Ch. 5).
  • Organizational Culture, Feminist, and Critical Theories (Chs. 7 and 8).
• Practical frameworks are updated and new tasks within the frameworks have been renamed to be more congruent with EPAS competencies and graphical representations of each framework are now included. In-depth content on the logic model strengthens students’ understanding of the relationship between this model and the macro practice procedures proposed.
• New and updated content on technology engages students who are already exploring ways to use their electronic devices in the field and makes the book more relevant to the next generation of social workers and includes:
  • Updated information on the wise use of technology (Chs. 1 and 2).
  • A new section on Strengthen Collective Identity focused on how use of the internet, social networking sites, and mobile technology can be used to facilitate communication among action system members (Ch. 9). This is reinforced by a section on the use of technology in advocating for change (Ch. 10).
• A new chapter on Evaluation has been added b dividing the original Chapter 11 into a new Chapter 11 and 12. Each chapter has been expanded to include more material on the planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating aspects of planned change.
  • The updated content is aligned with evidence-based practice (EBP) approaches in the field.
• Additional specific changes to content include:
  • Reorganized content as requested by reviews to ensure a more logical flow of information and better student comprehension (Ch. 1).
  • Many new and updated examples and a new table (Ch. 1).
  • New content on oppressed and disadvantaged populations (Ch. 2).
  • New discussion of international social work (Ch. 2).
  • Content on oppressed and disadvantaged populations moved (from Ch. 2 to Ch. 4).
  • Chapters 3 and 4 are reversed for more logical sequencing of information.
  • Updated cultural sections with new references (Ch. 3).
  • Added literature on cultural humility (Ch. 4).
  • New content on community planning and global social work (Ch. 5).
  • Expanded content on evidence based management (Ch. 7).
  • Chapter 11 expanded into two chapters to cover monitoring and evaluation in more depth (new Ch. 12).