Critiquing Bulanda and McCrea’s 2013 article, “The Promise of an Accumulation of Care,”

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Read the following:

Navarro, D. J., Foxcroft, D. R., & Faulkenberry, T. J. (2019). Learning statistics with JASP: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners. https://learnstatswithjasp.com/
Chapter 9, “Categorical Data Analysis [PDF].”
Bulanda, J. J., & McCrea, K. T. (2013). The promise of an accumulation of care: Disadvantaged African-American youths’ perspectives about what makes an after school program meaningful. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 30(2), 95–118.
Pell Institute. (n.d.). Analyze qualitative data. http://toolkit.pellinstitute.org/evaluation-guide/analyze/analyze-qualitative-data/

For this discussion:

Critique Bulanda and McCrea’s 2013 article, “The Promise of an Accumulation of Care,” which uses a qualitative program evaluation model.
What are the strengths of the design?
What are weaknesses or limitations to the methodology, analysis, and conclusions drawn from the data?
How would you recommend strengthening the design?
Apply concepts of qualitative research to the program evaluation design that you started in the previous discussion posts based on a previous or current work, internship, or volunteer experience.
How would you collect qualitative data and analyze it?

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

Sample Solution

Bulanda and McCrea\’s 2013 article “The Promise of an Accumulation of Care” is a prime example of how to use qualitative program evaluation models to assess after school programs. The authors are able to effectively capture the experiences of disadvantaged African-American youths, which provides invaluable insight into what makes theprogram meaningful for them. Furthermore, the researchers employ a variety of methods such as interviews, focus groups and surveys in order to collect data from participants.

Sample Solution

Bulanda and McCrea\’s 2013 article “The Promise of an Accumulation of Care” is a prime example of how to use qualitative program evaluation models to assess after school programs. The authors are able to effectively capture the experiences of disadvantaged African-American youths, which provides invaluable insight into what makes theprogram meaningful for them. Furthermore, the researchers employ a variety of methods such as interviews, focus groups and surveys in order to collect data from participants.

One strength of this design is that it is well-suited for examining complex social issues since it allows researchers to collect subjective information from participants in addition to objective facts. This gives a greater depth and breadth of understanding when compared with quantitative data collection methods alone. Additionally, the researchers use grounded theory analysis which takes themes found within participant responses throughout interviews and other activities in order to reach conclusions about their findings – something often overlooked by strictly quantitative approaches.

Despite these strengths though there are some weaknesses or limitations present too; namely its relatively small sample size (n=25) which can overlook important nuances that may be present due lack statistical power here; additionally generalizability across different populations not guaranteed either despite being previously stated desired outcome by authors early on paper so should probably take care note further studies needed support any claims made later during text (i.e., target audience). With all said done though I would recommend strengthening design further implementing mixed-method approach incorporating both quantitative & qualitative elements together better understand complexities underlying problem area being explored plus also increasing sample size provide more reliable results too 😉

In terms collecting & analyzing qualitative data then key concepts include observing behavior patterns among participants while they interact with each other/environment comprising program setting itself but also using open ended questions encourage people think deeper about certain topics discussed session (i.e., what surprised you most today?); finally conducting follow up research after initial assessment complete always good idea check back see if any changes occurred over time don’t forget!

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