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Introduction to Occupation The Art and Science of Living

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ISBN-10: 0130133035

ISBN-13: 9780130133038

Edition: 2004

Authors: Charles Christiansen, Elizabeth A. Townsend

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For courses in Occupational Science, Sociology of Work, Social Anthropology, and Occupational Psychology. Broad in perspective, this text challenges students to look beyond occupation as just work to include all the ways in which we occupy ourselvesshowing how what we do forms our lifestyle, and how occupations are enfolded to create a balanced or unbalanced style of life. Practical as well as conceptual, it explores both informal and formal ways for studying occupation, provides a model and framework for studying occupational development across the lifespan, and considers issues and insights surrounding such topics as occupation and identity, occupation and place, occupation and groups…    
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Book details

List price: $55.40
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Contributing Authors
Introduction
An Introduction to Occupation
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Reconsidering the Meaning of Occupation
How Do You Occupy Your Time?
What Occupies You?
What Is Your Occupation?
Why Are Some People Occupied While Others Are Unoccupied?
What Is the History of Occupation?
Occupations and Well-Being
Chapter Summary
References
The Study of Occupation
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Ways of Knowing
Methods of Inquiry for the Study of Occupation
Understanding Who
Understanding What
Understanding When
Understanding Where
Understanding How
Understanding Why
Chapter Summary
References
Endnotes
What Is Occupation? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Defining and Classifying Human Activity
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Occupation in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science
Occupation in the Social Sciences
Occupation in Government Statistics
Chapter Summary
References
Endnotes
What Do People Do?
Chapter Profile
Introduction
The Structure of Daily Occupations
Conceptualizing What People Do
Factors Influencing What People Do
Why Study What People Do?
How Do We Find Out What People Do?
What Do People Do?
Chapter Summary
References
Occupational Development
Chapter Profile
Introduction
An Occupational Perspective on Development
Interactionism: A Framework for Occupational Development
Chapter Summary
References
Endnotes
Occupation and Identity: Becoming Who We Are Through What We Do
Chapter Profile
Introduction
What Motivates Human Occupation?
Motivational Factors
Maslow's Theory of Needs
Goals: External Influences That Shape the Self
Achievement Motivation
Motivation and Personality
Holland's Theory of Vocational Choice
Leisure, Occupational Choice, and Identity
Flow
Occupation and Identity: An Integration of Ideas
Chapter Summary
References
The Occupational Nature of Communities
Chapter Profile
Introduction
What Makes Communities Inherently Social and Occupational? Experiencing Shared Occupations
How and Why Did Group Living in Communities Develop? Evolutionary Highlights in Developing the Occupational Nature of Communities
How and Why Do Occupations Determine a Community's Potential to Flounder or Flourish?
Chapter Summary
References
Occupations and Places
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Understanding Place
Occupations as Experiences in Places
How Places Influence Occupation
Places as Environments for Learning and Play
How Occupations Influence Places
Place, Occupations, and Well-Being
Chapter Summary
References
Occupations as a Means for Individual and Group Participation in Life
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Fundamental Ideas of Participation in Occupation
Beliefs About Occupational Participation
Individual Participation in Occupation
Community Participation in Occupation
Challenges and Opportunities
Community Animation
Chapter Summary
References
When People Cannot Participate: Occupational Deprivation
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Defining Occupational Deprivation
Five Illustrations of Occupational Deprivation
Disability and Occupational Deprivation
Chapter Summary
References
Suggested Readings
Occupational Justice
Chapter Profile
Introduction
Defining Occupational Justice: Early Considerations
Social Justice
An Exploratory Theory of Occupational Justice
Distinctions Between Occupational and Social Justice
Using Stories to Consider an Exploratory Theory of Occupational Justice
Chapter Summary
References
Endnotes
Glossary
Index