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Changing Social Problems (5 cr)

Code: K700BE16-3003

General information


Enrollment

02.10.2023 - 09.01.2024

Timing

10.01.2024 - 20.03.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Bachelor of Social Services

Office

Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Social Services

Teachers

  • Seija Järvi

Responsible person

Seija Järvi

Student groups

  • KA71S22S_2
    Sosionomikoulutus 2 (monimuoto-opinnot) Kemi, syksy 2022
  • KA71S22S_1
    Sosionomikoulutus 1 (monimuoto-opinnot) Kemi, syksy 2022

Objective

Learning objectives:
The student
- understands social problems as questions of fairness and human dignity
- can identify and analyse factors that cause inequality, deprivation and social problems
- can apply acquired learning in the assessment of the social situations of clients

Content

Contents:
- Social problems as a human rights issue
- Structural and process changes behind social problems
- Social problems and their significance for the individual and society
- Identifying the student’s own and the prevailing attitudes and values
- Forms of and opportunities for advocacy work in the social services field

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student remembers social problems. The student remembers social changes.

Professional activities:
The student remembers social forms of influence and opportunities in the social field. The student remembers the factors that cause social problems.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student understands the principles of inviolability of human dignity and justice. The student remembers the values ​​and ethical principles of the profession.

Satisfactory (2)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student understands social problems as a human rights issue. The student understands the effects of social change on the background of social problems.

Professional activities:
The student understands the social forms and possibilities of influencing in the social field. The student understands the importance of social problems in assessing customer situations.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to understand the realization of the inviolability of human dignity and justice. The student understands the importance of professional values ​​and ethical principles in his / her work.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student understands social problems as a human rights issue. The student is able to apply his / her knowledge of the structural and process changes underlying social problems.

Professional activities:
The student is able to apply social forms of influence and opportunities in the social field. The student is able to apply their knowledge of social problems in assessing customer situations.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to apply their knowledge from the perspective of inviolability and justice of human dignity. The student acts in accordance with the values ​​and ethical principles of the profession. The student understands the impact of one's own values ​​and attitudes on social problems and individual and social meanings.

Good (4)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student is able to analyze social problems as a human rights issue. The student is able to analyze the structural and process changes underlying social problems.

Professional activities:
The student is able to analyze social forms of influence and opportunities in the social field. The student is able to analyze the factors causing social problems in assessing customer situations.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to evaluate the realization of the inviolability of human dignity and justice. The student is able to evaluate his / her activities in accordance with the values ​​and ethical principles of the profession. The student is able to analyze the impact of one's own values ​​and attitudes on social problems and individual and social meanings.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student is able to evaluate social problems as a human rights issue. The student is able to evaluate the effects of structural and process changes underlying social problems.

Professional activities:
The student is able to evaluate social forms of influence and opportunities in the social field. The student is able to analyze the factors causing social problems in a versatile way when assessing the situations of clients.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to evaluate the realization of the inviolability of human dignity and justice. The student is able to evaluate his / her activities in accordance with the values and ethical principles of the profession. The student is able to reflectively analyze the impact of one's own values and attitudes on social problems and individual and social meanings.

Qualifications

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