Local community

General data

Course ID:	3401-PS11NOS2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0310) Social and behavioural sciences, not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Local community
Name in Polish:	Nauka o społeczności lokalnej
Organizational unit:	Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Benefiting the course will be easier for students, who: have own experiences in (voluntary) community work.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The subject is directed to social work student. It is assumed to be a theoretical, first of sociological with elements of politology and social psychology, introduction into the issues of community development strategies and methods – the core of the subject ‘Community development’ that social work students have in the teaching program of the III year.
Full description:	The course consists of following subject areas: 1.Local community – basic structures and processes: social relationships, social bonds, networks, groups, organizations, Gesellschaft vs. Gemeinschaft, urban and rural communities 2. Social capital – conditions and mechanisms of cooperation 3.Local civil society – voluntary organizations in local community; 4.Structures and mechanisms of local power: leadership, authority, local self-government, civic participation, governance; 5.Change in local community.
Bibliography:	1.Kurczewski, J., Lokalne społeczności obywatelskie, UW ISNS, 2003; 2.Piasecki, A.K., Samorząd terytorialny i wspólnoty lokalne, PWN 2009 3.Putnam, R., Demokracja w działaniu, Znak, 1995; 4.Sztompka, P., Socjologia, Znak, 2002; 5.Trutkowski, C., Mandes, S., Kapitał społeczny w małych miastach, Scholar, 2005; Ustawy: - o samorządzie gminnym - o samorządzie powiatowym - o organizacjach pożytku publicznego i wolontariacie
Learning outcomes:	Students will be able to: as far as knowledge is concerned - describe meaning of basic concepts: social relationships, social bonds, networks, groups, organizations, social capital, local civil society, self-government, leadership, community change and development - describe legal regulations concerning local self-government, voluntary organizations and their relationships as far as skills is concerned - apply basic concepts in analyzing real communities - explain community processes, in particular cooperation and influence - understand processes of community change, especially its socio-cultural and socio-economic determinants as far as attitudes is concerned - understand and recognize the meaning and value of community for quality of life of individuals and for development of a society
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) W odniesieniu do wiedzy, umiejętności i postaw: odpowiedź ustna na zakończenie semestru j oraz sprawdzian pisemny przeprowadzany w trakcie semestru

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