SOCIAL WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Course
- SOWO505 - SOCIAL WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Department
- Social Work - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
The course covers the social service and human rights interaction, human rights as a concept based on ethical principles and law individual rights; definition and scope group rights; definition and scope universal civil and civil rights: definition and scope new world order and human rights new world order and human rights reflections of globalization in terms of human rights intellectual value of social service in the context of human rights social responsibility approach social justice and human rights social conditions that determine the approach to human rights in the context of social justice protection and development of human rights in the context of social justice approaches and problem areas in terms of human rights in Turkey, suggestions for solution.
SOCIAL WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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Course outcomes
- 01 They can detail the conceptual literature of human rights by judgment (5)
- 02 Will be able to distinguish the content of human rights (4)
- 03 Will be able to express the definition of social work (3)
- 04 Will be able to predict the relationship between social work and human rights (4)
- 05 Will be able to relate social work practice with human rights perspective and practice (4)
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Meeting, introduction to the course, conceptual framework |
| Week 2 | What rights are human rights? What is social work? |
| Week 3 | Social work and human rights |
| Week 4 | Historical development and philosophical values: Conceptual development of human rights |
| Week 5 | Philosophical Values: Life, freedom and independence, equality and discrimination |
| Week 6 | Philosophical Values: Justice, soludarity, social responsibility |
| Week 7 | Philosophical Values: Evolution, peace and non-violence, relations between humankind and nature |
| Week 8 | Simultaneously with midterm exams; Basic human rights instruments |
| Week 9 | Simultaneously with midterm exams; Basic human rights instruments |
| Week 10 | Issues for practice reality: Introduction, problems and examples |
| Week 11 | Issues for practice reality: Themes: Generic themes |
| Week 12 | Issues for practice reality: Vulnerable groups |
| Week 13 | Issues for practice reality: Some dilemmas facing social workers |
| Week 14 | Issues for practice reality: Issues in teaching and learning about human rights |
| Week 15 | General evaluation |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Wronka, J. (2008). Human rights and social justice: Social action and service for the helping and health professionals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
- 02 YKY, (2000) "İnsan Hakları", Cogito Yayınları, Ankara
- 03 UN, (1994). "Human Rights and Social Work" A Manual For Schools of Social Work and the Social Work Profession, New York and Genova
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