Naslov
Capacities of community engaged courses to build social capital in post-covid-19 period

Autori
Caha, Dinka ; Luca Sugawara, Carmen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
PREVENTION IN A COVID RECOVERY SOCIETY: Challenges of planning and implementing prevention approaches in the new normality / - , 2021, 20-20

Skup
12th EUSPR conference and members' meeting

Mjesto i datum
Online, 29.09.2021. - 01.10.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Community-engaged courses, social capital, post-covid-19

Sažetak
This paper introduces a community-engaged assignment and discusses its role in building social work macro-practice competencies. Building on Paulo Freire’s pedagogy of engagement theory (1970), the community assessment assignment provides students with an opportunity to step out of the classroom and engage with local community organizations to deepen their understanding of existing social issues, while discovering local assets. Through observations, analysis of existing data, interviews, and literature reviews, we discuss the type of competencies students build, while serving local communities. The paper, first, introduces the major components of the assignment and discusses both challenges and what would make such an assignment a success for both- the academic unit and the host community organization. Learning through community engaged course emphasizes that experience and knowledge are equally important and enables students to take responsibilities in co-production of knowledge. Such courses help strengthen local assets within local community for implementation of future projects. Implications of community-engaged assignments in shaping social work macro-practice competencies are discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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