The Importance of Worldview in Life

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Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to select a kaupapa (issue) from the field of social service / work to which I have a personal interest and to discuss how and why it expands my understanding of social relationship and Mauri-Ora (wellbeing). To approach this task I will discuss the concept of Indian model of “Sanskar” and how it relates to Takepu (principles) in our social work. I will include my personal and professional experience to explain this. Further to that I will answer the following questions. 1. How could my worldview of mental health influence my practices? 2. How Indian model of “Sanskar” work alongside with Takepu. Worldview World view is a mental model of reality, a frame work of ideas and attitudes about the world, us and life we use for living in this world. It is a comprehensive system of belief which answers a wide range of questions like what are humans, why we are here, what is our purpose and goals in life, what are our values and priorities etc. What we know and how much we know with certainty. Does reality include only matter / energy, or is there more? A person's worldview is affected by many factors. Like their inherited characteristics, background experiences and life situations, the values, attitudes, and habits they have developed, and more --- and these vary from person to person. Therefore, even though these worldviews are shared by many people in a community, certain individuals may have an entirely different or opposite view. Carol A. Hill(2007) says, "By ‘worldview’ I mean the basic way of interpreting things and events that pervades a culture so thoroughly that it becomes a culture's concept of reality — what is good, what is important, what is sacred, what is real. Worldv... ... middle of paper ... ... Vol. 3 No. 2. Auckland Institute of Technology, Auckland S. K Sharma, (1999), Sanskar Vidhi, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. Bombay, India Tom Trauer (Eds), (2010), Outcome Measurement in Mental Heath; Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/53/7/899 retrieved on 3rd March 2011 http://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/christian_worldview/whats_a_christian_worldview.aspx retrieved on 10th March 2011 http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/views/index.html retrieved on 15th March 2011 http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/page/314-journal-subscriptions Retrieved on 4th March 2011 http://sanskaramvatika.com/why.html Retrieved on 8th March 2011 http://www.mhc.govt.nz/your-rights/discrimination Retrieved on 13th March 2011 http://www.indianmirror.com/culture/cul1.html Retrieved on 20th March 2011

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