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Social Work Philosophy and History
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:08.11.2021 12:41:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_204 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Theory and History of Sociology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vilka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To learn the history of the social work sector and to develop the ability of students to analyse social welfare issues in interrelation between philosophical thought and historical events. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept of philosophy. Specifics of classic philosophical wisdom – ability to generalise. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Thinking and wisdom. (Reflection on a philosophical text). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Existence as the central matter of classical philosophy. Movement and development. Space and time. Qualitative metamorphoses. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Philosophical categories. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Description of the cognition process: sensory-empirical cognition of the world and rational awareness of existence. Problem of truth. Main historical stages of philosophy. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Human in the relationship with the world from the point of view of the history of philosophy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Social-philosophical, legal, ethical and political aspects in social work. Poverty and welfare (historical prospect). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Poverty combating. Poverty Law (1601), its historical role in promoting welfare. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Social transformations in the 18th-19th century. Human and freedom. Philanthropy and social progress (J. Addams). Scientific philanthropy – historical source of social work profession. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Science and social movements at the turn of 19th/20th century. German welfare model. Insurance. (Otto Bismarck (1862-1890)). Establishment of social work as a profession. (Anglo-Saxon school. M.Richmond “Social Diagnosis”). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | M.Richmond “Social Diagnosis”. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Welfare and social work. H. Beveridge Report (1942). International social work organisations. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Welfare state models and social work. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Historical sources of social work in Latvia. Social Maintenance Law (1928). Resolution of social welfare matters in the Soviet period in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Development of Social work in Latvia after restoration of Independence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Social work development prospects: modern discussions in the world. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept of philosophy. Specifics of classic philosophical wisdom – ability to generalise. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Existence as the central matter of classical philosophy. Movement and development. Space and time. Qualitative metamorphoses. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Philosophical categories. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Human in the relationship with the world from the point of view of the history of philosophy. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Social-philosophical, legal, ethical and political aspects in social work. Poverty and welfare (historical prospect). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Social transformations in the 18th-19th century. Human and freedom. Philanthropy and social progress (J. Addams). Scientific philanthropy – historical source of social work profession. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | M.Richmond “Social Diagnosis”. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Historical sources of social work in Latvia. Social Maintenance Law (1928). Resolution of social welfare matters in the Soviet period in Latvia. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Development of Social work in Latvia after restoration of Independence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 16 | Social work development prospects: modern discussions in the world. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent studies of literature sources, preparation of a presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and classes, activity and participation during classes, independently prepared homework. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of mastering the study course, students understand the development of social work as a profession and academic discipline in interrelation between philosophical thought and historical events. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of masting the study course, students explain and discuss the challenges of social work in a reasoned way, demonstrate a historically justified, scientific approach to research and analysis of social work issues. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of masting the study course, students independently obtain, select and analyse information in the social work sector as a whole and in the social worker’s profession, demonstrate that they understand and are able to evaluate the effects of historical and philosophical views on the development of the social work sector. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gladden, Jessica Lyn. Social Work Leaders Through History. 2018 | ||||||||
| 2 | Berg-Weger, Marla. Social Work and Social Welfare. 2016 | ||||||||
| 3 | Richmond, M. Social diagnosis. | ||||||||
| 4 | Vilka, L. Sociālā darba izglītībai Latvijā 20 gadu: vēsturisks atskats un ieskats mūsdienu problemātikā. LZA Vēstis, 2009 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Why Philosophy is Important | ||||||||
| 2 | What Is Philosophy? - Intro to the Philosophy of the Human Person - PHILO-notes Daily Whiteboard | ||||||||
| 3 | Domas par Antīko filozofiju. 1990 | ||||||||
| 4 | Vilks, A. Pasaules filozofija: Antoloģija. 1. daļa. – Rīga: RaKa, 2001 | ||||||||
| 5 | Vilks, A. Pasaules filozofija: Antoloģija. 2. daļa. – Rīga: RaKa, 2002 | ||||||||
| 6 | Fred W Powell. The Politics of Social Work. 2001 | ||||||||
| 7 | Žurnāls "Sociālais darbs Latvijā". (Labklājības Ministrijas izdevumi.) | ||||||||
| 8 | Kūle, M., Kūlis, R.. Filosofija. – Rīga, 1998 | ||||||||
| 9 | Vilks, A. Filozofija Latvijā: Antoloģija. – Rīga: RaKa, 2001 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Raico, Ralph. The History of the Industrial Revolution and the Social Policies of Otto von Bismarck. | ||||||||
| 2 | Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of Professional Social Work in the United States. | ||||||||
| 3 | How do the American and Swedish Welfare States Differ? | ||||||||
