Book Review: Heroic Efforts: The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers. By Lois,Jennifer, New York: New York University Press, 2003. 233 pages,paperback. ISBN: 0814751849

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Book Review: Heroic Efforts: The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers. By Lois,Jennifer, New York: New York University Press, 2003. 233 pages. ISBN: 0814751849 (paperback); 0814751830 (cloth)

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Book Review: Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea,by John Ehrenberg. New York University Press,New York and London, 1999

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The Practice of Group Work,Edited by William Schwartz and Serapio R. Zalba. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. 284 Pages, $10.00 Hardbound

A study of teaching methods for the first graduate course in social work research is reported in this paper. Three approaches involving different levels of student responsibility were compared in terms of their ability to increase the critical assessment abilities of students, their attitudes toward research and the course, and their assessments of the instructor. It was found that the differing methods had effects on all the variables except that concerning students' attitudes toward research. Considering the variables here under study, a lecture/student presentation approach was judged most productive of the three methods of instruction     

Book Review: A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time. By Flaherty,Michael G. New York: New York University Press, 1999, 230 pages,paperback, ISBN: 0814726879

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Social Work with Groups,Helen Northen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. 270 Pages. $7.50 Hardbound

In 1970 Gallaudet College initiated undergraduate social work education. The purpose was to increase professional opportunities for deaf students and to provide deaf people with the social services they do not ordinarily receive. The needs of both student and client groups are discussed, with emphasis on teaching techniques and skills required to serve the deaf population. Hearing students can acquire the necessary skills with provision made for adequate communication, and with the introduction of courses on deafness in social work programs.