SOCIAL WORK FIELD OBSERVATIONS
- Course
- SOWO104 - SOCIAL WORK FIELD OBSERVATIONS
- Department
- Social Work - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 2
- ECTS
- 3
- T+P+L
- 2 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
An introduction to social work and social work organizations to recognize the content of this course to obtain information in a different area each week, welcome to visit institutions and organizations providing services. On the information obtained from these visits, and here every week, each student individually prepares a report. Following the theoretical and practical hours visits to the institution of the one-hour assessment is carried out theoretical lessons. During the semester the students visit the both government and non-governmental organizations providing services to children, elderly, disabled, youth, families, the groups who are in need of social allowance and social support, juvenile and will gain information about the other social work fields by theoritical hours.
SOCIAL WORK FIELD OBSERVATIONS
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
No evaluation items have been defined.
Course outcomes
- 01 Within the scope of this course, students will gain the opportunity to observe the theoretical knowledge they have obtained with social work fields.
- 02 They will be able to compare the functions of the institutions to be visited by observing on-site.
- 03 Students will be able to list the services offered by on-site observation.
- 04 Students will observe the experts working in the institutions and express their roles and responsibilities.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to observations-instutitions |
| Week 2 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions on School Social Work |
| Week 3 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions Children |
| Week 4 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions of Children and Families and Role of SW |
| Week 5 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions of Disability |
| Week 6 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions of Disability and Role of SW |
| Week 7 | Midterm week |
| Week 8 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions of Refugees |
| Week 9 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions for Elderly People and SW |
| Week 10 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions for Social Aid and SW |
| Week 11 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions for Health and SW |
| Week 12 | Researching for Working Areas&Institutions for Crime and Children Issue |
| Week 13 | Discussion of Organizations and Roles of Social Workers |
| Week 14 | General Evaluation of Institutions Related with Social Work Working Areas |
| Week 15 | Final Week |
Reference Books & Course Materials
No reference books have been listed.
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Within the scope of this course, students will gain the opportunity to observe the theoretical knowledge they have obtained with social work fields. SOLO 5
- L02 They will be able to compare the functions of the institutions to be visited by observing on-site. SOLO 4
- L03 Students will be able to list the services offered by observation. SOLO 3
- L04 Students will observe the experts working in the institutions and express their roles and responsibilities. SOLO 3
Program Outcomes
- P01 Has knowledge of social service application areas (health, social welfare services, education, social security, civil society, local government).
- P02 Has knowledge of social work theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory).
- P03 Has knowledge of human development and social environment.
- P04 Use knowledge of communication skills (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups).
- P05 Use knowledge of management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations)
- P06 Apply knowledge of research methods and techniques in social work.
- P07 Has the ability to perform planned change process (linking, diagnosis and evaluation, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination and monitoring of applications) by considering similarities and differences for all levels of applicants.
- P08 Social service application areas (Health, education, social security, civil society, local government), social service theories (system, ecology, empowerment theory), human development and social environment, communication (with individuals, families, groups and different social groups) apply management and management processes (management of private and public social service institutions and organizations), research methods and techniques, professional ethics, principles and values, and the ability to practice social work with different client groups.
- P09 Has the ability to distinguish and collect appropriate information for social investigation, evaluation and report preparation
- P10 Has the ability to interpret research results and professional literature.
- P11 Has the ability to develop inter-institutional relations, communication and joint services.
- P12 Acts in accordance with professional ethics, norms and standards that determine duties and rights related to social work profession.
- P13 It adopts social justice and rights based approach within the framework of social, scientific, cultural and professional values.
- P14 Develop an understanding of individual, family, group, institution, community, community and global practices in order to improve social functionality and facilitate social change
- P15 Becomes a model to the society with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes and adopts the understanding of lifelong learning.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.93 |
| L02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| L03 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| L04 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.53 |