Introduction to Community Work from an International PerspectiveAnne Karin Larsen, Bergen University College, Norway
This lecture she introduce you to the course content, the Curriculum Plan, the pedagogy or way of teaching and learning and how to find your way in your new learning arena. Finaly she presents the material you will find in this virtual book and she give you a guideline for how to work with the virtual case: The Green Park Community Blog.
Vivienne Bozalek, University of Western Cape, South Africa
This lecturer presents the consept of communities and the different ways it can be seen. She then goes on to present how community was discussed by South African students by refering to a project called Community, Self and Identity that have been running across two universities in Cape Town; the Stellenbosch University and the University of Western Cape. The first University mainly with white students the other mainly with black students.
Klas-Göran Olsson, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Sweden, Kjell Henriksbø, Bergen University College, Norway
They are speaking about different approaches to community work and the main principles of work; assisting people to imrpove their own community by undertaking collective action.
Wolfgang Scherer and Gudrun Ehlert, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
In this lecture you will learn more about community work theory related to participation and other central aspect to consider when doing community work.
They say that Participation, Peace and Joy are complementing to “learning”!
What do you think? – Have a look.
Bieke Dierckx, KHKempen University College, Belgium
Wim Wouters, KHKempen University College, Belgium
Project method is a commonly used method in Community Work. In this screen lecture Wim Wouters present the method in a systematic way. Listen and learn.
Andres Arias and David Alonso, Complutense University, Madrid-Spain
In this lecture you will learn about how to do comparative work, which will be useful when you are going to work in an international classroom and deal with comparative issues.
Rina Visser, INHolland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
In this lecture about Art and Culture, Rina Visser will try to make clear the different aspects of art in the community and how art can play a catalytic role in community work. She refers to some interesting community projects in the Netherlands. Take a look!
Eduardo Marques, Miguel Torga University College, Portugal
This lecture is about how you can use photodocumentation as part of your project with people in a community or an organisation. Photovoice is an intervention strategy that facilitates empowerment by creating a space for participation. With Photovoice social workers can use photography to build the capacities of participants to mobilize problemsolving in communities. Listen and learn about the method and it’s principles.
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