Gender and social work (5cr)
Code: XNTU1530-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 08.08.2023 - 25.10.2023
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.11.2023 - 29.11.2023
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Teaching languages
- english
- Seats
- 0 - 40
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After completion of the course the student is able to understand how age, gender and ethnicity plays a role in the care field.
Execution methods
To successfully complete the course, the student needs to participate in lessons and study the course literature, actively participate in group activities/seminar and to write an essay (10 -12 pages (minimum 2000 words) by 9th of December).
Accomplishment methods
The course contains lectures, group activities and practical work with research material.
Content
The course discusses gender dimension of life expectancy, elderly human rights issues, and gender and ethnicity of caregivers.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Fail: If performance is highly lacking, or the work may be based on serious misunderstandings.
Sufficient and satisfactory (1-2): Performance is lacking in scope, superficial, or corresponds poorly to the assignment. The student merely lists things out of context or addresses them one-sidedly.
Good and very good (3-4): Performance links to the task, and shows a skill to analyse and justify. The student has addressed the issue comprehensively. The overall activities may contain some deficiencies.
Excellent (5): Performance outlines an extensive whole and student can apply knowledge in a multifaceted way in various contexts. The work establishes independent take on the subject and it comprises justified rational or critical observation. The essay is very well written.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Suoritus vastaa tehtävänantoa, osoittaa ymmärtämistä sekä taitoa analysoida ja perustella. Opiskelija on muodostanut asiasta kokonaiskuvan, mutta siinä saattaa olla puutteita.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Suorituksessa hahmotetaan laaja kokonaisuus ja tietoa osataan soveltaa moniulotteisesti tai sijoittaa eri konteksteihin. Suoritus osoittaa itsenäistä otetta ja oivallusta. Suoritus on ehjä kokonaisuus, joka sisältää perusteltua omaa ajattelua tai kriittistä pohdintaa. Vastaus on hyvin kirjoitettu.