COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL POLICIES

Disciplinary Sector:

GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

VARGIU Andrea

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No formal prerequisites: curiosity and interest in people and social change are a good starting point.
Nonetheless, notions of sociology and methodology of social research will be useful.

AF code:

A001772

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Students will be asked active participation in discussion and practical activities. They will also be asked to write down a short text concerning their field experience and connections with the theoretical and methodological principles of CBR.
Learning will therefore be verified as follows:
Active participation: 20%
Written text: 30%
Oral examination: 50%

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims at stimulating students in taking action to promote social change and community empowerment for the common good using the instruments of participatory action research.
It will thus equip students with the necessary sensibility, theoretical knowledge and practical skills to positively interact with people and communities to stimulate active citizenship and to promote actions using the methodological and theoretical tools of social research.

Contents

The course is based on the following pedagogical principles:
- Orientation towards research ethics and values
- Development of a deep understanding of power and partnership
- Incorporation of multiple modes of enquiry
- Participation in actual CBR practice through a good balance between classroom (theory) and field (practice)
- Development of critical and reflexive research
The main components of the development of CBR and action-research will be dealt with, along with their guiding principles and methods.
Certain issues will notably be dealt with such as those relating to power dynamics, relationships among different kinds of knowledge and epistemologies, trust, change, interests.

Recommended Bibliography

The learning process will develop on the basis of capacities and needs of students as well as in relation the activities that will take place with community partners.

Attending students:
- Training documents to be downloaded from online platform eDumas
- Minardi E., Cifiello S., Ricercazione. Teoria e metodo del lavoro sociologico, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012. Pp. 5-144
Non- attending students:
- Training documents to be downloaded from online platform eDumas
- Minardi E., Cifiello S., Ricercazione. Teoria e metodo del lavoro sociologico, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012. The whole book

Teaching Methods

The course will be run by means of classical face to face classes, but also group work, study visits, community walks, participation in community meetings and testimonials.
Active participation of students will be sought constantly along with interactions with community partners.

Contacts/More Information

Given the peculiar approach and organization of the course, continuous and regular presence at learning activities is highly recommended.

Students attending courses are expected to study the following:
- E. Minardi, S. Cifiello, Ricercazione. Teoria e metodo del lavoro sociologico, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012. Pagine 5-144
- Materiali didattici presenti sulla piattaforma didattica online eDumas.

Students NOT attending courses are expected to study the following:
- E. Minardi, S. Cifiello, Ricercazione. Teoria e metodo del lavoro sociologico, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2012. The whole book.
- Textes to be downloaded from the elearning platform eDumas.

Borrowed courses

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Other courses

Course year: 1

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN SOCIAL WORK
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE TERRITORY
9 credits - Caratterizzante
COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION
6 credits - Caratterizzante
EVALUATION OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SOCIAL STATISTICS (ADVANCED COURSE)
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FOUNDATIONS, THEORIES AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL WORK
9 credits - Affine/Integrativa
SOCIAL POLICIES FOR THE FAMILY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
VOCATIONAL INTERNSHIP
12 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

CORPORATE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
EUROPEAN UNION LAW
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SOCIAL POLITICS OF MIGRATION
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FINAL TEST
18 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
FRENCH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
GERMAN LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
HUMANISTIC COMPUTER SCIENCE
6 credits - Altro
SPANISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro

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