Major assignment 2

Running head: THE MEANING OF SOCIAL CHANGE 1

THE MEANING OF SOCIAL CHANGE 8

The Meaning of Social Change

Jamisha Riddick

Walden Affiliation

The Meaning of Social Change for Walden Graduate Students

Introduction

Social change is the manner in which interactions between humans and their relationships lead to cultural changes and transformation is social institutions gradually, having a huge impact in the society. No one society has been rigid to change. Well known examples of change within our societies are as a result of social movements of civil rights like women rights, political rights, and LGBTQ rights (Dugan, 2016). The concept of social change has various meanings for Walden University graduate students with most of them believing that it is their responsibility to support positive social change.

Background Statement

Social change is an engine that drives the society forward. Financial matters, criminal equity situation, common liberties, culture, social association and qualities are the fundamental perspectives that drive social change. Social change happens normally as a result of the presentation of groundbreaking thoughts, innovation and new social antiquities which change the view of the people in social orders (Ravitch and Carl, 2016). With the new information age, many factors have shaped social change, enabling it to be realized at a faster rate than in the old ages, since the technological advances have made the world become a global village where information which also drives change, can be distributed around the world. Social change is also a result of external uncontrollable change, leading to the concept of, no one can resist change (Dugan, 2016). It is additionally essential to take note of that social change can be deliberately changed by people who comprehend the advanced and recent concerns influencing the general public, and who build up their own basic voices, become problem solvers.

Social change as an examination issue implies that the mechanics of social change developments can be methodically contemplated. Researches on social change brings about a set of frameworks that aim at understanding and interpreting the reality of the forces behind social change causing both negative and positive changes within the society. By considering social change through scholastic examination, it gets workable for answers for issues to be understood, the reason and the impacts of progress to be recognized, correlations with be made, and the improvement of human conditions to be figured it out.

Information, which is behind the motivation behind why explores on social change are directed, can fill in as the premise of dynamic, cognizant and proof based change. Knowledge can serve as the evidence that sustains arguments, rational explanations, and expressed as objectives (Dugan, 2016). Social exploration as an issue includes trustworthiness, duty, amazing understanding and an inquisitive mentality.

The reason for this examination is to add to the comprehension of factors that either advance or confine multiculturalism. The investigation doesn't endeavor to close an exploration hole. It explores the research gaps in social change and contribute to closing these gaps as much as it could. Social science is an example of progressive research efforts on social change. This examination endeavors to decide the importance of social change for Walden College graduate understudies.

Purpose Statement

The significance of social change for Walden graduate understudies is to be become problem solvers, give scholarly establishments to support basic conversations to discuss and spin the most major problems in the general public.

Role of the Researcher

The systematic analysis and the examination of the transcripts, memos, and contents helped me reach an objective conclusion. The systematic analysis helped me shape my reflectivity and made me realize the direction of my academic career. Through the systematic analysis of the memos, transcripts, and contents, I was able to understand my role and responsibility as a researcher. I realized that as an interviewer, I had a role of ensuring the privacy and confidentiality of interviewees (Dugan, 2016). I also realized that as a researcher, I had a role of creating the space in which interviewees participate in, revealing the relationship and management of power.

As a researcher, the participant is guided by my inquiry, opening their mind, memories and feelings. I realized that the power guiding research inquiries sometimes need to be returned to the participant or the members of the society (Yob et al., 2016). As a researcher, I need to understand that the use of my inquiry power to the research objectives and not to personal objectives. I also understood that as a researcher, I have role of maintaining professionalism.

During the information assortment measure, I understood the constancy is expected of me to support meticulousness in my investigation. I also realized that I could not afford to make any mistakes in the interpretation of the data. I leaned to be objective and attentive to my thoughts since they could have a huge impact on how I processed and analyzed the research data (Dugan, 2016). There are basic voices that consider that subjective examination comes up short on the meticulousness of math and the force of speculation. However, qualitative works of qualitative research can be replaced by computers.

Results

Data Sources

The main data sources of my qualitative research included Walden’s online library, online interviews and downloaded transcripts. I also conducted an interview over the phone with a woman who had a good understanding of the various aspects of social change (Rubin & Rubin, 2011). The lady was a graduate of Walden University and the interview helped me understand what she felt social change meant to her and her role in it.

Instrumentation

The main instrument used to conduct the research analysis was the Constant Comparison Analysis. The Consistent Examination Investigation instrument was created by Strauss and Glaser, harking back to the 1960s. The Classical Content Analysis instrument was also used, and it is like the Constant Comparison Analysis the main difference being that it emphasized on frequency (Onwuegbuzie et al., 2009). The main data collection instrument used was interviewing and it was used for social related themes (Dugan, 2016). The interview comprised of both structured and semi structure interview questions. Semi structured interview questions allowed more flexibility, enabling new variables on the issues to be realized.

Data Analysis

In excess of 150 codes were made from the information gathered, with 12 classifications and one topic being figured it out. In the first cycle, the keywords ‘social change’ and ‘the meaning of social change’ were used. The theme ‘the meaning of social change for graduates of Walden University was then captured using the two main keywords.

Summary and Trustworthiness

Trustworthiness

The sources from which the data was collected, the Walden University website and the phone interview conducted had different themes. The materials from Walden University online library share some commonalities. In the interview with the lady, the main categories of social change that came up included the war on drug abuse, the movement for equal access to healthcare for the homeless, and the environmentalists move to prevent climate change (Rubin & Rubin, 2011). In the same interview, the issue of money and social change was also addressed since there has been issues about social change not being realized without finances. The main theme in both the interview and the materials collected from Walden University was ‘community in action’.

The credibility of the claims and information presented in both the interview, transcripts and content collected from Walden University online library was collaborated through information collected from online interviews conducted on YouTube and scientific websites like TedTalk. The model that was used to conduct the phone interview was collaborated with information from various academic sites that showed that the manner in which the conclusion was achieved was correct (Yob et al., 2016). The referenced articles shows below highlighting the recent research on the issues of social change and people’s thoughts on the same gives the analysis of the information provided above its conformability (Dugan, 2016). The elements and the variety of data sources brings about the sense of integrity and accuracy of the information presented in this research article.

Summary

Considering the information featured over, the significance of social change for Walden College graduate understudies is the change of society through ventures and activities that address issues inside social orders hypothetically as well as from the base of the issues. Through actions such as having conversations with victims, concerned citizens, perpetrators an idealist, social change can be realized within societies (Peinovich & Hodgkinson, 2011). Through such actions, Walden University graduate students can develop skills and strategies that could help them address problems within the society, utilizing research methods they have learned during their academic journey in the learning facility.

My personal understanding of myself as an agent of positive social change has changed in the sense that I have realized that researchers are not confined into their offices, working on papers and with computers but actually going out into the field and meeting with people interacting with them to gain first-hand information about their day to day lives and challenges. I have also learned that it is necessary for us to confront social problems, experience them and finally being an active contributor to the solution (Yob et al., 2016). By using the information gained from my academic background, I can become an active part of the solution by contributing to the development and implementation of projects on social change, based on evidence-based researches.

In light of the survey of the three articles on social change, changing 'Lack of concern into Development': The Job of Prosocial Feelings in Spurring Activity for Social Change by Emma Thomas, Craig McGarty a Kenneth Mavor lined up with my inclinations in social change (Peinovich and Hodgkinson, 2011). The article realized that public participation is key towards realizing social change and I agree with it because lack of public participation on social change is one of the main challenges faced by many societies across the globe. Without public investment, it is difficult to push any project forward and consequently, citizenship unresponsiveness stays to be a fundamental issue in examination on social change.