Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester | |
| Degree programme: | Bachelor Social Work Fulltime |
| Type of degree: | FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme |
| Full-time | |
| Winter Semester 2023 | |
| Course unit title | Complex Systems |
| Course unit code | 048512036103 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
| Semester when the course unit is delivered | Winter 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 | 2 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Peter NIEDERMAIR |
| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
None |
| Course content |
This seminar focuses on the complexity of communicative processes within complex stystems. In a systemic framework and engaging in situational role plays students practice and reflect both on the self as a dynamic entity and as an expression of weltanschauung and professional ethics in dialogic processes as well as on individual and social constructs of reality. As preparation for the seminar students should read Janosch "The Trip to Panama". During the semester, there will be a study trip to Zurich. |
| Learning outcomes |
Taking the individual insights gained by students regarding their weltanschauung, career choices and professional ethics in the preivious two semesters, this course asks students to look at the interplay of individuals and complex systems, to reflect on and understand communication strategies and how/why individuals act within such systems as well as to embed their insights in a theoretical frame that also serves as a point of reference and orientation for them in their professional development. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
Individual and group work theoretical input moderated group discussionsproject groups be prepared for debates |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
Active participation including self-evaluation group presentations a final written assignment |
| Comment |
This class depends to a great extent on the active participation and input of students, which this class actively promotes. The seminar is a co-creation. |
| Recommended or required reading |
Janosch (2016): The trip to Panama. 7. Aufl. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg. Luhmann, Niklas (2013): Soziale Systeme. 45. Berlin: Akademie Verlag. Maturana, Humberto R; Zur Lippe, Rudolf (1997): Was ist erkennen?: mit dem Kolloquium Systemtheorie und Zukunft. 2. Aufl. München; Zürich: Piper Maturana, Humberto R; Varela, Francisco J (2015): Der Baum der Erkenntnis die biologischen Wurzeln menschlichen Erkennens. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. Staub-Bernasconi, Silvia (1995): Systemtheorie, soziale Probleme und Soziale Arbeit: lokal, national, international, oder, Vom Ende der Bescheidenheit. Bern: P. Haupt. |
| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
Face-to-face |
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