Social Mobility and Social Policy

Course: Social Mobility and Social Policy
Course Number: 73
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL  SCHOOL OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT  SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES  LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 73 SEMESTER 5th & 7th
COURSE TITLE Social mobility and social policy
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: –
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: –
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  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 the course is to acquire sufficient knowledge and to deepen the understanding of the cognitive object of social mobility seen through the perspective of social policy.

Upon completion of this course students should:

  • Have acquired sufficient knowledge and skills to be able to delve, through a critical point of view, into the basic mechanisms of intergenerational social mobility.
  • Be familiar with the dialogue on linking transnational social mobility with equal opportunities.

Have the ability to extract, evaluate and interpret data from a variety of sources in order to analyze issues of intergenerational transfer of resources and status from a comparative point of view.

They should also have the ability to conduct independent research:

  • To compose interpretations and opinions, and to develop systematic, critically oriented argumentation in combination with sufficient empirical documentation.
  • Write a text that meets the specifications of the scientific work (in terms of structure, analysis, documentation, as well as the presentation of empirical data and bibliographic reports).
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, using the necessary technologies

Autonomous work

Work in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Exercise criticism and self-criticism

Decision making
  1. COURSE CONTENT
The course material is divided into 13 weeks, the content of which is as follows:

1) Social mobility: what is it?

2) Distinction between intragenerational and intergenerational social mobility.

3) Distinguish between absolute and relative intergenerational social mobility.

4) The conceptual framework of social mobility.

5) The concept of equal opportunities.

6) Theoretical approaches for the transfer of advantages or disadvantages from generation to generation (A). Overview.

7) Theoretical approaches for the transfer of advantages or disadvantages from generation to generation (B). Critical evaluation.

8) Investigation of data and analysis methodologies.

9) Empirical assessments of social mobility in developed countries.

10) The impact of economic growth, the labor market and the welfare state.

11) Formulation of policy proposals for the expansion of intergenerational mobility.

12) Concluding remarks.

13) Presentation of work
  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
  1. Use when delivering the PowerPoint course.
  2. Posting of basic elements of the courses in the e-class.
  3. Research in the literature and databases.
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
1. Lectures: In these the material is developed. The lectures are done in an interactive way, in order to favor the interventions by students and to sharpen their critical ability 70
2. Study and analysis of literature 30
3. Writing a thesis 50
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 

Short Answer Questions, Oral Exam, Essay Development

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kasimati, K., (2001). Structures and flows. The phenomenon of social and occupational mobility. Athens, Gutenberg.

Papanastasiou, S., (2018). Intergenerational social mobility and types of welfare state in Europe. Athens, Gutenberg.§

Papatheodorou, Ch.§ & Papanastasiou, S., (2016). “Family of origin and poverty in EU countries: The role of social protection systems”, in Petmezidou, M. & Kallinikaki, Th. (Eds.): Social Research Routes. Athens, Motif.

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Stefanos Papanastasiou
Contact details: spapanas@sp.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) NO
Evaluation methods: (2) Written assignment or/and exercises

 
Implementation Instructions: (3) During the examination period, grading 0 to 10
  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

 

  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.