DISCUSSION 1:
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Colossians 2:8, Philippians 1:9-11
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following discussion prompts:
Briefly define culture and identify two key aspects of how it works.
Explain the importance of culture and its impact on individuals, families, institutions and society. What role should Christian social workers play in influencing or shaping culture in any of these areas? Why?
Give an example of a current cultural issue in your community, work organization, or society as a whole that may be causing problems. Why is it a cultural issue in your view?? Briefly describe how dominant worldviews in the culture of society, community, or organization are shaping the issue. How is your personal worldview affecting your response to the issue? Explain.
What worldview ideas or cultural beliefs would need to change to make a difference in the area of concern you identified?
DISCUSSION 2:
Instructions
Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Read pages 88- 92 in “A Practical Guide to Culture” listed in the resources for this devotional.
Read the following, “How We Should Evaluate a Worldview?”
Watch the video, “What is Worldview?”.
Complete your personal Worldview Checkup.
Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following discussion prompts:
Based on your results from your Worldview checkup, explain what surprises you and what your thoughts are about your results.
Based on your top percentage score in the survey (Christian, Postmodern, New Spiritual, Islamic, Secular or Marxist), explain one way you think your primary worldview currently affects you personally or your role as a social worker.
Based on your reading and the video resource, describe the ideas of how a worldview impacts our view of reality. How do you see this at work in your own worldview or that of client with whom you have worked? Explain.
According to Stonestreet and Kunkle (2017), a worldview affects how we view the world, how we make sense of the world, and our view for the world. Describe how you have seen this to be true in your own life or the life of someone you know. Identify and explain the impact your worldview has on each of these areas in your response.