Print syllabus(in Polish) Community psychology
General data
| Course ID: | 2500-EN-PS-E-002 |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.4
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| Course title: | (unknown) |
| Name in Polish: | Community psychology |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Psychology |
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| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
4.00
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| Language: | English |
| Short description: |
One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals characteristics is that they are universal. Although more and more problems of this world need to be resolved on the global level, local communities will still play a very important role in realization of these goals. However, in today’s world local communities are often diversified, so it is important for community leaders to be able to facilitate a dialogue between members coming from different cultural backgrounds. The objective of this course is to prepare student to be a partner in such dialogue by introducing them both to basics of community psychology, and to the multicultural perspective on community leadership. |
| Learning outcomes: |
After completing the course you should be able to: • Show, with examples, how core values of Community Psychology (individual wellness, sense of community, social justice, citizen participation, collaboration and community strengths, respect for human diversity, and empirical grounding) can be implemented through community actions. • Understand a relationship between oppression, social justice, liberation and well-being. • Describe specific methods used in research done by community psychologists, and especially methodology of participatory research. • Define key concepts of Community Psychology like: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, empowerment, sense of community, citizen participation, and intervention. • Explain the process of the identification of community needs and how they can be met by a community. • Present principles of constructing and evaluation of a community program. • Discuss specific needs and the role of a community in supporting needs of minority groups. • Characterize most important Community Psychology organizations on the local and global levels. • Discuss the role of Community Psychology in today’s world and understand the principles and benefits of international networking. Understand the importance of involvement in community action. • Understand the impact cultural context has on organization and effectiveness of community projects. • Explain why community leaders should be sensitive to cultural diversity. • Understand what knowledge and skills a community leader should have. |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
| Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
 
MO SEM
TU W TH FR |
| Type of class: |
Seminar, 30 hours
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| Coordinators: | (unknown) | |
| Group instructors: | Marek Wosiński | |
| Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
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| Full description: |
As we all know, human beings are social beings. Each of us has a need to belong; each of us wants to have a sense of belonging. This is where community comes into play. Traditionally, community has been understood as locality, or place, such as a neighborhood. Today communities cross those boundaries. Informational technology brought a new meaning to relational interactions, and besides of being members of our local communities, we become also citizens of a global community. Community psychology concerns the relationship of the individual to communities and society. Many people representing a variety of professional groups today believe that solutions for most of the social problems are not in governmental projects or new bills, but in strong communities. During this semester course you will have an opportunity to learn how communities can assist those groups that traditionally have been oppressed, and in different parts of the word still are: poor, women, children, mentally ill, minorities. You will have an opportunity to learn how joint effort of people in the community can prevent such oppression by promoting social justice, resilience and well-being. Finally, you will learn how through participatory action research universities can partner with community organizations in promoting social change. Community psychology is not only committed to the development of psychologically valid knowledge, but also to making that knowledge useful in community life. The community psychologist’s role has often been described as that of a participant-conceptualizer, actively involved in community processes, while also attempting to understand and explain them. Community psychology’s theory and concepts flow from involvement in community interventions and change. The instructor will share with students his experience resulting from working with community organizations in numerous countries. |
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Lecture 1: Readings Population and the Sustainable Development Goals: https://populationmatters.org/un-sdgs/ Lecture 3 Readings Partnerships for the Goals https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/17-partnerships-for-the-goals/ Lecture 4 Readings David L. Darling and Gayla Randel: Characteristic of Healthy Community: https://www.douglas.k-state.edu/community/docs/library/Charateristics_of_Healthy_Communities.pdf Lecture 5 Readings Victoria Wilson: What Is a Sense of Belonging and Why Do We Need It to Thrive? https://www.exceptionalfutures.com/sense-of-belonging/ Lecture 6: Readings Addison Van Auken: How to Conduct a Community Needs Assessment https://medium.com/galaxy-digital/how-to-conduct-a-community-needs-assessment-5d6f46595d76#:~:text=It%20may%20be%20helpful%20to,absolute%20needs%2C%20and%20relative%20needs. Lecture 7: Readings Charlotte Nickerson: Learned Helplessness Theory In Psychology (Seligman); Examples & Coping: https://www.simplypsychology.org/learned-helplessness.html Justine Saavedera: Empowerment: Definition, Theory & Examples https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/empowerment.html Lecture 8: Prosocial motivation Readings Arunesh Kumar Gupta: Motivation Theories and their Application: https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v10i3/SR21323110051.pdf Kendra Cherry: The Basics of Prosocial Behavior: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-prosocial-behavior-2795479 Lecture 9: Effective communication Readings Effective Communication https://www.manage.gov.in/studymaterial/ec.pdf Lecture 10: Readings: Bridge’s Transition Model https://www.zen-tools.net/bridges-transition-model.html Lecture 11 Readings Diana Porumboiu: Social Innovation – the What, Why and How: https://www.viima.com/blog/social-innovation Lecture 12: Readings Cultural differences https://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/human-geography/cultural-geography/cultural-differences/ Lecture 13 Readings Rebecca J. Collie: Student wellbeing; The role of prosocial motivation. https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/student-wellbeing-the-role-of-prosocial-motivation Lecture 14 Readings Sunny Samanta: 10 Qualities for Community Leaders https://www.opengrowth.com/resources/10-qualities-for-community-leaders |
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