The Praxis

For the student manifesto essay, I will be tackling multiple contemporary societal problems. I will give a brief history of how and why the problems have arisen, explain why the problems are critical, and give possible solutions, both short and long term. Some of the problems I plan on discussing are systematic and individual racism, the institution of policing, poverty, complexities of feminism, health inequity, ableism, prison abuse, and global inequality. All the problems I will talk about…

Putney explains that the Church is the “seed, sign and instrument of the kingdom, distinct but indissolubly united to it and to Christ”. The church serves the kingdom by spreading through the world the gospel values which are the expression of the Kingdom and which help people to accept God’s plan”. The message of the church today is the message of the kingdom of God that is the salvation of liberation at every level of being (Disdar, 2014, 11). Putney (2008, p.9) argues that “we are to be…

Theatre of the oppressed is a term that was coined in the nineteen-sixties by the brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal. The Theatre of the Oppressed was developed in 20th century Brazil, which was a time of economic crisis, uncertainty and disorder. It was an attempt for Boal to create a socially responsive, academically stimulating and relevance orientated theatre in an atmosphere of terminating conditions and social injustice, in order to efficiently examine the work of Boal, it is…

table, and say, God, I hope you have a plan because I’m all out of ideas”. When we need help dealing with difficult situations in our lives, God is there. He promises to “provide each of us with enough illumination to keep us on the right path” (Praxis 51). We don’t always understand how we know what is right or wrong. Nor do we comprehend how our basic needs, monetary or otherwise, will appear out of nowhere. It is the reflection of God’s image on our hearts that makes all things…

I. There is a significant decline in racial diversity in the educator workforce. a. Improving teacher diversity can provide significant benefit to culturally diverse students. i. Provides multicultural students with teachers that understand their racial and cultural backgrounds. ii. Teachers of color serve as academically successful role models for culturally diverse students. b. Culturally diverse teachers are less likely to provide exclusionary discipline (i.e., suspensions, expulsions,…

What is Pedagogy in High school? It is simply the way of teaching in high school. Life itself offers an education. The trials and tribulations one faces in life provide a great education. The education provided by life is one which involves educations on socialization, interplay, and remnant. The casual education of life is the one that teaches you interaction and understanding. Many of the things in life can be learnt in a school, but through your own experiences as an individual. During my…

Colonization, to the white man, was the best antidote for healing the barbaric pagans of Africa, but in actuality it had worse side effects than “healing powers.” Colonization stripped the identities for the African people causing them to adapt to or accept their oppressor’s abusive ways and belittling their identities to agents of production. Paulo Freire theorizes that for the African persons to liberate their selves, they had to create their own remedies to achieve full freedom, by rejecting…

This reflective essay provides some preliminary thoughts on the development of my own faith and practice in light of all topics covered in this class. Coming to the close of this spring quarter, this systematics class discussed multiple themes within theology proper. The readings and discussions dealt with ways to approach doing theological reflection to working through the third article of the Creed. It seems impossible to pick one or two of these topics and speak about their influence on my…

Lovell, J. L. (1994). Lost Moon: The Perlious Voyage of Apollo 13. New York: Houghton Mifflin. Jim Lovell was the Commander of Apollo 13. He participated in three previous space missions for NASA, to include Apollo 8 and the Apollo 1 fire investigation board. With Jeffery Kruger, he provides a first hand account of the events and a detailed look into experiences of the crew. Lovell, a Navy test Pilot, was selected to the NASA Astronaught Group Two in 1962. At the time of launch, Jim Lovell…

articles, and tie it to another weeks reading, and I will go into what each author is trying to argue for social workers to understand, I will use the “indigenous”, “aboriginal”, and “First Nations” interchangeable. Dr. June Yee’s, critical anti racism praxis: the concept of whiteness implicated, and Dr. Baskin’s Structural social work as seen from an Aboriginal perspective. Baskin’s article argues that using an Aboriginal perspective is better to help people who are aboriginal rather than using…