SOH622 - POVERTY, FAMILY and SOCIAL WORK
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POVERTY, FAMILY and SOCIAL WORK | SOH622 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | -- | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Other: Reading | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Associate Professor Sema Buz | |||||
| Course objective | To teach impacts of poverty on families, feminization of poverty, child poverty, poverty eradication programmes and social work practice with poor peoples. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Poverty, socioeconomic indicators of poverty, impacts on family, coping strategies with poverty, social work programmes and practice models in poverty area. | |||||
| References | -Buğra, Ayşe (2001) "Ekonomik Kriz Kapsamında Türkiye'nin Geleneksel Refah Rejimi" Toplum ve Bilim, 89: 22-30. -İnsel, Ahmet (2001) "İki Yoksulluk Tanımı ve Bir Öneri" Toplum ve Bilim, 89: 62-72. -Özdemir, Süleyman (2007)Küreselleşme Sürecinde Refah Devleti, İstanbul, İstanbul Ticaret Odası Yayını -Gürses, Didem (2009) "An Analysis of Child Poverty and Social Policies in Turkey" Journal of Developing Societies 25 (2):209-227. -Jordan, Bill (2011) "Social Work and World Poverty" International Social Work 51 (4): 440-452. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Different approaches in determine to poverty |
| Week 2 | Appearance of poverty in the world |
| Week 3 | Welfare state and social protection |
| Week 4 | Solutions towards to poverty (social assistance, microcredit etc.) |
| Week 5 | Impacts of poverty on family system |
| Week 6 | Feminization of poverty |
| Week 7 | Child poverty |
| Week 8 | Various approaches to working with poor families |
| Week 9 | Good practice examples to working with poor people |
| Week 10 | Good practice examples to working with poor people |
| Week 11 | Social work with poor families |
| Week 12 | Social work with poor families |
| Week 13 | Social work with poor families |
| Week 14 | Bireysel sunumlar |
| Week 15 | Bireysel sunumlar |
| Week 16 | Assesment |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 30 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 70 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 102 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest