Undergraduate Module Descriptors 2012/13
YIP301: Contemporary Culture and Community
| Module Title |
Contemporary Culture and Community |
| Module Code |
YIP301 |
| Module Tutor |
Steve Bullock |
| School |
Institute of Education and Public Services |
| CAT Points |
15 |
| Level of Study |
6 |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
While taking this module you must pass YIP333 or pass YWK333 or pass HH306 |
| Restrictions |
None |
| Brief Description |
This module introduces the theory and practice of community work and community profiling and has a special emphasis on the development of services to meet local community need. |
| Indicative Syllabus |
This module will cover the following topics:
- The nature of community, locale and neighbourhood, the local, international and global context;
- Communities of interest;
- The theory of social capital and sustainable community;
- Community work – Development/Action/Cohesion/Equal Opportunity/ The development of relationships and trust;
- Community profiling – what, how and where?
- Power;
- Locality hubs and community development;
- Housing policies and practices and their role in community
- Housing provision and its relationship to provision for young people
- Analysis of the extent to which policies and procedures are important to good practice and how they can be improved
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| Learning Outcomes |
i Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the module students should be able to:
a) Critically analyse the nature of community and of its social capital;
b) Investigate the needs of a group of people in a locality using the tools of community profiling;
c) Evaluate community development practice;d) Analyse the mechanisms for enabling excluded groups to represent themselves in the context of a community;
d) Critically analyse the role of housing in community processes and the processes of interaction with housing providers;
e) Assess the impact of health promotion methods within a community.
ii. Skills
On successful completion of the module the students should be able to:
a) Gather and analyse information in the context of a community profile;
b) Engage with a community;
c) Empower people in a community;
c) Promote health and wellbeing. |
| Learning and Teaching Activities |
Staff/student contact: 20% (workshops and group tutorials)
Student directed learning: 80% (practice based learning experiences, learning sets, student directed learning, assignment preparation) |
| Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) |
001: 100% Coursework: Standard: 3500 words or equivalent
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| Special Assessment Requirements |
None |
| Indicative Resources |
The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide. |
