Family Socioeconomics WorksheetECED 2205 Family & Community Relations
RESEARCH & COMPARE
Criticize!
Now that you have learned in the course content about Ruby Paine’s Framework for Understanding
Poverty, your task is to criticize it!
Research:
Do your own research to find a resource or two online that critique this framework and that do not
agree with it.
Compare & Contrast:
Use the SES Worksheet to fill in the comparison chart. On one side, list something that the Framework
for Understanding Poverty teaches. On the other side, list a critique of that teaching or view. Why might
that teaching be incorrect? What could be wrong with it? What is it missing?
Grading Criteria:
[18 pts] Each box is one point (Clear descriptions, complete sentences, taken from course content and
additional resources found.)
[2 pts] List resources used (Must be educational resources like .org, .edu, or research organizations.
Ruby Paine’s Framework for Understanding
Poverty View:
(what the framework says, teaches, believes)
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Resources Used to Critique:
This is a critique of that view:
(Reason it may be incorrect, what it is missing, or
what is wrong with it?)