Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester | |
| Degree programme: | Bachelor Social Work Part-time extended |
| Type of degree: | FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme |
| Part-time extended | |
| Summer Semester 2023 | |
| Course unit title | Human Rights |
| Course unit code | 048502046202 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
| Semester when the course unit is delivered | Summer Semester 2023 |
| Teaching hours per week | 2 |
| Year of study | 2023 |
| Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle) | First Cycle (Bachelor) |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Nasy INTHISONE PFANNER Smera REHMAN |
| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
Prerequisites for Incomings: Basic knowledge of Social Work (or related programmes such as Social Pedagogy). |
| Course content |
The history and development of the human rights declaration and conventions; Social work as a human rights profession; Human rights documents and instruments; Case studies in the context of human rights; Discussing controversial issues and dilemmas regarding ethnic challenges; Developing social work courses of action. |
| Learning outcomes |
Students: deepen their understanding of international human rights documents and instruments and critically reflect on human rights protection, identify the basic legal and strategic frameworks of the United Nations and its agencies, apply human rights conventions in case studies and understand the implications for social work practice, understand the meaning of social work as a human rights profession as defined by the International Federation of Social Workers. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
Small group discussions, experiential exercises, debates, presentations and self-organized learning. |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
Oral presentation of a self-chosen social work topic including a handout with 1800-2000 words. |
| Comment |
None |
| Recommended or required reading |
Galtung, Johan (1994): Human rights in another key. Cambridge: Polity Press. Social Work, 51 (2008), H. 6, S. 735-748. Online im Internet: DOI: 10.1177/0020872808095247 International Federation of Social Workers (2002): Social work and the rights of the child: a professional training manual on the UN Convention. Berne, Switzerland: International Federation of Social Workers. Korczak, Janusz u.a. (2017): A child's right to respect. Warszawa: Rzecznik Praw Dziecka. Pulkingham, Jane (2010): Human Welfare, Rights, and Social Activism: Rethinking the Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth. Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. Reichert, Elisabeth (2007): Challenges in Human Rights: A Social Work Perspective. Columbia: Columbia University Press. Walz, Hans; Akkaya, Gülcan; Staub-Bernasconi, Silvia (2014): Menschenrechtsorientiert wahrnehmen - beurteilen - handeln: ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch für Studierende, Lehrende und Professionelle der Sozialen Arbeit. 3. Aufl. Luzern: Interact. Wronka, Joseph (2017): Human rights and social justice: social action and service for the helping and health professions. 2. Aufl. California: Thousand Oaks. |
| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
Face-to-face |
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