Asset-based community development and empowerment strategies (5cr)
Code: SUS3005Y17S-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.03.2019 - 18.03.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- EDUCATION
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- Degree programmes
- MA of Social Services and Health Care
- Teachers
- Jouko Porkka
- Course
- SUS3005Y17S
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Asset-based community development and empowerment strategies SUS3005Y17S-3001. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
After completing this study unit the students will be able to
- explore and analyse the concept of Asset-Based Community Development Approach (ABCD) within the history of community development
- identify asset-based community development theories and methods
- analyse empowerment strategies in community development
- apply asset-based community development methods in practice
- analyse and evaluate participatory approaches to community development
Content
- art- and asset-based approaches within the historical context of community development
- theories and methods of asset-based community development and capacity building
- core values and principles that underpin arts- and asset-based empowering community development
- asset-based community development practice
- participatory methods and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools
Materials
Alsop, Rut, Bertelsen Mette Frost & Jeremy Holland (2005). Empowerment in Practice. From Analysis to Implementation. Washinghton: World Bank Publications. Ebook.Green, C. P. and Haines, A. L (2007) Asset-building and Community Development. Thousand Oaks: Sage.Kretzmann, J. P. (2010). Asset-based strategies for building resilient communities. In J. W. Reich, A. Zautra & J. S. Hall (Eds.), Handbook of adult resilience. New York: Guilford Press.Larsen, Anne Karin, Wishantie, Sewpaul& Hole, Grete Oline (eds.) (2014). Participation in Community Work. International Perspectives. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (Taylor and Francis). Ebook.Green, Gary P. & Goetting, Ann (eds.) (2010). Mobilizing Communities: Asset Building As a Community Development Strategy. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Ebook.Porkka, Jouko, Pentikäinen, Marja & Kökkö, Jarmo (toim.) (2013). Challanges and New Approaches to Community Based Social Work and Diaconia from the CABLE Approaches. Helsinki Diaconia University of Applied SciencesSchlatmann, Titus & van Waarde Rob (2014). That',s the Name of the Game. On Empowerment and Community - An Account of Practical Research-.Tubbergen: Van Der Ros Communicatie.
Teaching methods
OrientationParticipation in the intesive course in TanzaniaExposure-processWritten Assignment
Employer connections
Exposure process, phase 2 and 4
Further information
Not possible