Overview
Lecturer
Călina Ana Buțiu
Seminar tutor
Sebastian Claudiu Stefani
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Social work
Field of study
Social work
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture; conversation; exemplification
Entry requirements
None
Aims
Learn the basics of social intervention and of social project development for communities
Understand the community development process
Learn to use available data for social applications and projects
Learn how to initiate social and community projects
Coordinate social primary data acquisition activities out in the field
Course contents
1. Theory and concepts of community development
2. Systemic approach to community; functions of the community system
3. Community development and public participation
4. Historical perspectives on community development
5. Development strategies for rural communities
6. Social actors in rural community development
7. Village typologies in rural Romania
8. The Green Charter - methodological aspects of rural space diagnosis
9. Poverty in Romanian villages - territorial distribution
10. The social capital - a key concept in community development
11. Traditional mutual-support practices in Romanian rural
12. Forms of cooperation in Transylvania's minority communities
Learning outcomes
• Use of social diagnosis in the specific context of the community's social and cultural norms
• Explain the emergence of vulnerable groups' social problems using specific procedures and methodologies
• Implement policies and socials programs using specific procedures and methodologies
Assessment
Written exam 60 %, knowledge scientific rigour and language, content organisation Practical project 40 %, community profile development, community profile presentation.
Recommended reading
Introduction to Community Development
Phillips Rhonda
Springer, Ythaca, 2009 · 12-60
Community Well-Being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications
Philips Rhonda, Yungi Kim
Springer, La Fayette, 2010 · 16-45
Community Development
N.B. Sureshkuma
State Resource Cente, Kerala, 2015 · 2-58