Tonight's discussion
Chapter 1: Discuss what is meant by the tripartite framework and what is the importance of it?
The tripartite framework is a model that is meant to help someone to better understanding how a person’s identity is formed at different levels. The importance of the tripartite framework is, it helps in communication, and in understanding why a person does some certain actions that we might think is not normal, but in their culture, it is. The tripartite framework has three different levels; individual, group, and universal level, that helps in understanding a person’s identity because everyone is unique in their own way, but at certain levels, they are the same. If we overlook one level to another, then we may ignore or dilute an important part of someone’s identity that could have helped in the assessment process during an interview. Why is it important for the social worker to view someone's story (like the ones described on pages 4-6) from each level …show more content…
A key point to this perspective is how it focuses on different roles between people and various environments that may connect in some way. An example of an environment may be in a home or at work. The environment may shape a person’s role by the influence of other factors such as being a single parent or living in poverty. Another key point is how it uses a person’s identity by using the tripartite framework to help identify how the environment is affecting one’s life. By using the tripartite framework, it will help to make an assessment when using the ecological system perspective. By seeing how an individual is directly impacted will give a better image on the outside effects of the environment. Another key point for the ecological system perspective, it will help a social worker know what kind of resources that a person may need by evaluating the environment and by knowing a person’s
Chapter 1: Discuss what is meant by the tripartite framework and what is the importance of it?
The tripartite framework is a model that is meant to help someone to better understanding how a person’s identity is formed at different levels. The importance of the tripartite framework is, it helps in communication, and in understanding why a person does some certain actions that we might think is not normal, but in their culture, it is. The tripartite framework has three different levels; individual, group, and universal level, that helps in understanding a person’s identity because everyone is unique in their own way, but at certain levels, they are the same. If we overlook one level to another, then we may ignore or dilute an important part of someone’s identity that could have helped in the assessment process during an interview. Why is it important for the social worker to view someone's story (like the ones described on pages 4-6) from each level …show more content…
A key point to this perspective is how it focuses on different roles between people and various environments that may connect in some way. An example of an environment may be in a home or at work. The environment may shape a person’s role by the influence of other factors such as being a single parent or living in poverty. Another key point is how it uses a person’s identity by using the tripartite framework to help identify how the environment is affecting one’s life. By using the tripartite framework, it will help to make an assessment when using the ecological system perspective. By seeing how an individual is directly impacted will give a better image on the outside effects of the environment. Another key point for the ecological system perspective, it will help a social worker know what kind of resources that a person may need by evaluating the environment and by knowing a person’s