Service learning - social challenges

general courses

Note:

Classes consist of a seminar (15 h) and a three-day study trip to one of the European universities (24 hrs). Classes will take place irregularly, depending on the needs, guests' visits and the need to prepare for the study trip. Classes consist of two blocks: 4 meetings before and 3 meetings after the study trip.

Note:

Classes will take place in the Auditorium building of Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście street on Wednesdays at 13.00. The first meeting will take place on 20 of March 2019. The room will be announced in February. The next classes dates will be determined with the students.

seminar (15h), field work (24h)

Formal prerquisites:

Course open for students of all faculties at the University of Warsaw

Other prerquisites:

Second and third year of bachelor's and all master programs students.

English language knowledge

Classroom and field classes

The “service learning” course combines learning goals and community service in ways that involve students in appropriately designed activities aimed at solving specific challenges related to the situation of migrants at and outside of the University of Warsaw. Students learn the basic theories of migration, mobility and research methodology. As part of the course and exchange of good practices participants will take part in a study trip to one of the European universities that implements programs of social and professional integration for migrants. They will also have the opportunity to meet people who work on a daily basis with migrants (from Poland and abroad). In this way, they will be better prepared to work in a multicultural environment, but they will also be able to design solutions that support integration in the workplace.

Note:

Classes consist of a seminar (15 h) and a three-day study trip to one of the European universities (24 hrs). Classes will take place irregularly, depending on the needs, guests' visits and the need to prepare for the study trip. Classes consist of two blocks: 4 meetings before and 3 meetings after the study trip.

Note:

Classes will take place in the Auditorium building of Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmieście street on Wednesdays at 13.00. The first meeting will take place on 20 of March 2019. The room will be announced in February. The next classes dates will be determined with the students.

Classes consist of several stages, and the choice of a particular path depends on the participants' decisions and the results of their research. Among the stages are:

1. Theoretical introduction to basic theory of migration and international mobility as well as theories of labour market;

2. Review of existing documents (including last semester service learning students report on situation of migrant students at University of Warsaw) Analysis and interpretation of data

3. Study trip to one of the European universities

4. Meetings with migrants and people who professionally work in their integration in the labour market

5. Development and implementation of recommendations regarding migrants' situation at the University of Warsaw (meetings with representatives of the Foreign Cooperation Office and selected by participants organizations, companies, student groups)

6. Preparation of general recommendations supporting intercultural integration in the workplace (in relation to the institution / company which the students will visit).

Study trip to one of the European University

Bevelander P., Pendakur R., The labour market integration of refugee and family reunion immigrants: a comparison of outcomes in Canada and Sweden, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Volume 40, 2014 - Issue 5

Windzio, M. Valk H., Wingens M., Ayback C., A Life-Course Perspective on Migration and Integration, Springer, Dordrecht 2011

Wrench J., Rea A., Ouali N. (2016) Migrants, ethnic minorities and the labour market: integration and exclusion in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan

Żołędowski C., Duszczyk M.,(2010) Studenci zagraniczni w Polsce: motywy przyjazdu, ocena pobytu, plany na przyszłość, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.

Massey D. S., Arango J., et. al. (Sept.1993),Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal, “Population and Development Review”, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 431-466.

Anna Zygierewicz, A. (2014), Międzynarodowa mobilność edukacyjna studentów, Analizy BAS 11:1-8.

Beine M.; Noël R.; Ragot L (2014), Determinants of the international mobility of students, Economics of Education Review 41; 40–54.

Souto-Otero M., et. al. (Mar 2013) Barriers to International Student Mobility: Evidence From the Erasmus Program,Educational Researcher, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 70-77

Shields R.,(November 2013) Globalization and International Student Mobility: A Network Analysis, Comparative Education Review, Vol. 57, No. 4 , pp. 609-636

A detailed list of readings will be agreed during the realisation of the project.

In the field of knowledge:

Student:

- knows the basic assumptions of migration theory and international mobility

- knows the basic challenges regarding the changing labor market and employment

- knows the basic data on the work of migrants in Poland

- knows the regulations and reports on the situation of international students at Warsaw University

In the field of skills:

Student:

- can collect data for research purposes;

- uses familiar foreign languages to carry out research;

- analyses collected data;

- analyses documents related to the situation of international students at the University of Warsaw;

- constructs recommendations based on research results;

In terms of social competencies:

Student:

- promotes professional behaviour towards international students;

- can collaborate with people from other cultures;

- shows respect for the beliefs and opinions of others;

- knows how to anticipate the multiple, social consequences of research results;

- knows how to work in a group;

- engages in the process of developing solutions to support migrants

Activity and preparation for classes 40%; Attendance at classes 20%; Implementation of tasks in the project 40%;