Social
Group 2 Summary
The following is a general critique of the Group 2 Summary.
The summary begins well with an overt and clear statement of the central issues and problem. However, a more direct reference to the term "diversity issues" and perhaps a more academic definition of this term could be mentioned at the beginning to reinforce the argument put forward in the first section or paragraph of the discussion summary. This could lead to your opening quotation. For example: a definition of diversity issues in social work would be; "Social workers should recognize and respect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the societies in which they practice, taking account of individual, family, group and community differences"(Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles). You might prefer to include a better citation form your course reference works.
You should also give full references depending on the reference style being used -- such as author or authors, date of publication and page number.
The second critique of the group summary is that it does not reference academic research models and types in the discussion, although these are implied. Although this is not central to the question being asked it is also...
At the end of the first section the following sentence needs to be restructured, i.e;
Whether it be from a certain group's ability (or lack thereof) to participate in a study or data gathering process or from the interpretation and analyzing of the results, this ability may vary across cultural groups and therefore workers need to be aware and make accommodations to allow for this.
This could be rephrased as:
Various groups have different requirements and abilities in terms of adequate and equable research that takes into account diversity; for example, different groups may have differing degrees…
