Book Review--"Schizophrenia and the Family: A Practitioner's Guide to Psychoeducation and Management" by Carol M. Anderson, Douglas J. Reiss, and Gerard E. Hogarty

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Tunnell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Family

Book Review: Promoting Community Renewal through Civic Literacy and Service Learning

NASPA Journal ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Persons ◽  
David Lisman
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Community Renewal ◽  
Academic Instruction ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Civic Literacy

This is an optimistic, and useful, book written at a pessimistic time. In an era when the nation faces many social problems - including alienation from the government and work, the fragmentation of the family, and an expanding materialism - this book promoting civic literacy approaches to service learning and seeks to help educators in their efforts to redefine the role of civics in contemporary society. The civic literacy approach to service learning is defined as pedagogy that combines community service and academic instruction and that focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsiblity. The editors challenge community colleges to act as catalysts for a national movement of community renewal, suggesting that they may be our best hope for finding ways to solve our social problems.

Book Review: Death of the Family

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-87
Author(s):  
Richard Bickley
Keyword(s):  
The Family
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