week 2 response 1 386

Good Morning Class,

Social structure is the rule that individual personality is too unpredictable to provide this stability, so what has emerged in society is a set of structures called roles that produce predictable interactions (Dale & Smith, 2013). Additionally, Norms are the expectations of members of a social system regarding the behavior expected of a person in a position (Blumer, 1956).

I currently work in one of our local school districts in the Student Services department. Observing my role through the lens of social structure would include on the individual level assisting staff and students with understanding the risks of transmission of Covid and the ways they can prevent spread. Additionally, on the individual level teaching students the importance of social distancing and how personal hygiene affects their health. Living and working in the State of Oregon, you could apply this to a role of generalist practitioner by showing how one person can affect others through transmission of covid and forced quarantines. Helping students understand their decisions have the ability to impact other students, teachers, the school as a whole and even their community.

Kandice

Dale, O., & Smith, R. (2013). Human behavior and the social environment: Social systems theory. Pearson.