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Friday, April 3, 2009
Research Update
I have been able to find the majority of the things that you have told me to find in order to support my research better. I did find articles on the 1936 Olympics which is very interesting. I also found useful articles on the history of segregation which will help me support the fact that racism has been going on for decades. I believe each of these articles will be very useful in my project and will better support my research question. By listening to class discussions, I am doing a research proposal.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Reviewing Foster Care
The bibliographic information on the Foster Care article includes the following:
Foster Family Characteristics and Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Foster Children: A Narrative Review Author(s): John G. Orme and Cheryl Buehler Source: Family Relations, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pp. 3-15 Published by: National Council on Family Relations Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/585768 Accessed: 01/03/2009 14:08
This is a really great article which includes a lot of supportive details toward their main points. I believe their main points for this article is to explain to the readers what foster children go through and how they got to where they are, how foster families really give these children a stable environment to live in, and also why foster children behave the way they do. This article give great support to all of these main points by using a creative table which shows the studies of foster families. They also go on to give very supportive details dealing with how certain types of parenting effects these children in both positive and negative ways.
In my opinion, this article violates a critical thinking rule. The rule of which I believe is violated is emotional reasoning. Obviously the authors of this article feel very strongly about this topic and it seems as if they put a lot of emotion into they're reasoning.
Foster Family Characteristics and Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Foster Children: A Narrative Review Author(s): John G. Orme and Cheryl Buehler Source: Family Relations, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pp. 3-15 Published by: National Council on Family Relations Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/585768 Accessed: 01/03/2009 14:08
This is a really great article which includes a lot of supportive details toward their main points. I believe their main points for this article is to explain to the readers what foster children go through and how they got to where they are, how foster families really give these children a stable environment to live in, and also why foster children behave the way they do. This article give great support to all of these main points by using a creative table which shows the studies of foster families. They also go on to give very supportive details dealing with how certain types of parenting effects these children in both positive and negative ways.
In my opinion, this article violates a critical thinking rule. The rule of which I believe is violated is emotional reasoning. Obviously the authors of this article feel very strongly about this topic and it seems as if they put a lot of emotion into they're reasoning.
Research Update
Over the last week or so, I have been trying to find and check out another valuable book for my research project. I haven't had any luck yet finding the right one, but I will continue to search for a relevant book!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Google Tricks Released
The most usable trick I learned about Google is the Google Scholar search feature. With this feature, I am able to narrow my search to relevant topics and in result, get very useful and qualified results. It also allows me to narrow the results to a certain time frame which really helps me out with my research topic since my topic (racism in athletics) is a very historical issue. I will continue to use Google Advanced Scholar Search for this research project and also for research projects in the future!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Critical Thinking Gone Wrong
Earlier this week, the Attorney General of the United States of America, Eric Holder, stated the following quote:
"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." "Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial." "This is truly sad. Given all that we as a nation went through during the civil rights struggle, it is hard for me to accept that the result of those efforts was to create an America that is more prosperous, more positively race-conscious, and yet is voluntarily socially segregated."
This thought definently violates many guidelines of crtical thinking. But I am going to address the one that I think is the most obvious violation. Holder did not avoid emotional reasoning. I feel that since the fact that he is black, he feels much stronger about the topic of race. I also think that he used complete emotions when stating that we are a nation of cowards. This makes me wonder if we will EVER be a civilized nation where everyone IS and everyone FEELS equal. To me, this is a very unusual time to say a thing like this because we just got done voting in the first black President in our nation's history. I just feel that his words were completely out of line and he should, in the future, think about what he is saying and not use so much emotional attachment!
"Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." "Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial." "This is truly sad. Given all that we as a nation went through during the civil rights struggle, it is hard for me to accept that the result of those efforts was to create an America that is more prosperous, more positively race-conscious, and yet is voluntarily socially segregated."
This thought definently violates many guidelines of crtical thinking. But I am going to address the one that I think is the most obvious violation. Holder did not avoid emotional reasoning. I feel that since the fact that he is black, he feels much stronger about the topic of race. I also think that he used complete emotions when stating that we are a nation of cowards. This makes me wonder if we will EVER be a civilized nation where everyone IS and everyone FEELS equal. To me, this is a very unusual time to say a thing like this because we just got done voting in the first black President in our nation's history. I just feel that his words were completely out of line and he should, in the future, think about what he is saying and not use so much emotional attachment!
Research Challenge
A research challenge I am currently facing is trying to find more than one book that suites my research topic AND IS AVAILABLE! I have found a handful of books that would be suitable for my topic but just are not available. I could probably solve this by going to a public library and checking to see if they have any books that would fit by topic. Another thing I am thinking about doing is asking some coaches on campus to see if they have any books on racism within athletics. Although I have not had luck finding anymore books, I will continue to search!
Research Project Update
Over the past week, I have been searching for books that suite my research topic (racism in sports). I have been lucky enough to have found one book which suites the topic very well! I am still searching for other books, journals, articles, etc. that will benefit my research project. I am hoping for within the next week I will have found all of my sources so that I will be able to continue to develop my project.
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