Social Planning

Course: Social Planning
Course Number: 16
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Credits: 6
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COURSE OUTLINE 16

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCAIL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 16 SEMESTER 2nd
COURSE TITLE Social Planning
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES: No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/KOM09115/

 

  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of this course is the understanding of the historical and political context within which social planning is constructed as a theory and practice. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be in the position to:

•    Understand social planning as theory and practice.

•          Learn the historical evolution of social planning in different socio-economic environments.

·         Distinguish the different approaches and types of social planning

·         Understand the distinct approach of participatory social planning

•    Learn the process and stages of social planning.

•          Form causal chains when addressing a social issue.

•          Specify goals and objectives.

•          Develop alternative strategies in order to plan a social intervention.

•          Understand the pros and cons of alternative support measures and provisions.

•          Be familiarized with tools such as critical path method.

•          Understand the challenges involved in the implementation phase of social planning.

•          Recognize the significance of evaluation in social planning.

·         Understand the advantages and challenges of participatory social planning.

·         Use specific tools and practices of participatory social planning.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

 

 

 

 

 

3. COURSE CONTENT

 

This course examines the wider socio-economic changes changes and their effects on social planning as theory and practice.

In the first part, the basic changes taking place will be presented and analyzed including economic restructuring processes, the role of the state, the labour market, the emergence of new social issues and actors (civil society, social economy organizations). In this framework, we will define conceptually social planning and substantiate its necessity as a policy and practice while differentiating the various types and models of social planning.

In the second part,  we will focus on social planning as practice including methods and tools developed for the preparation, implementation and evaluation of social planning.

In the third part, we will present and analyze the advantages and challenges associated with participatory social planning  as well as tools and methods which could be used in this framework.

Course outline:

•      The wider context of social planning

•      Social planning: definition and foundation

•      Historical evolution and types of social planning

•      Goals and objectives of social planning

•      Theory of change and causal chains

•      Constructing alternative strategies

•      Evaluation of alternative provisions and support measures

•      The implementation. stage

•      The evaluation stage

•      Participatory planning as theory and practice

•       Examples of (participatory) social planning

 

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of databases, audio-visual material and ppt presentations. The platform eclass is used for the upload of announcements and educational material as well as for communication with students.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

 Activity                Workload/semester

Lectures               30

Interactive teaching        9

Preparation of oral presentations 31

Independent work towards written exams          80

Course total       150

 

 

               

Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Formative

Preparation of oral presentations

Essay development questions
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

·         Dimoulas, Κ. (2019), Planning, implementation and evaluation of social policy projects, Dionikos, Athens (in Greek).

·         Notes and ppts of the course.

·         Educational platform on Social Solidarity Economy, kalomathe.gr, thematic units onCommunity Economic Development.

·         Bromley, R. (2003), “Social Planning: Past, Present and Future”, Journal of International Development, 15, 819-830.

·         Callaghan, G., Wistow, G. (2008). “Can the community construct Knowledge to shape services in the local state? A case study”, Critical Social Policy, 28 (2), 165-286.

·         Dyckman, J. W. (1966), “Social Planning, Social Planners, and Planned Societies”, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 32:2, 66-76.

·         European Social Network , Social planning at the local level, https://www.esn-eu.org/sites/default/files/publications/ESN_Social_planning_at_the_local_level.pdf

·         Sadan, E. (1997). Empowerment and Community Planning, translated from Hebrew by Translated from Hebrew by R. Flantz, http://www.mpow.org/elisheva_sadan_empowerment.pdfAdditional