Syllabus
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Course Code: MSW(C)- 106 Course Name: Community Organization and Social Action-I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | - Community and community engagement: concept, nature, types and approaches. - Community Organization- concept, nature, objectives, values, scope, process and related concepts: community work, community development, community action. - Community organization as a method of social work intervention. |
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| 2 | - Principles of community organization - Strategies in community organization such as bargaining, confronting, collaborating, problem-solving, educating, social advocacy, joint action, persuasion and campaign. - Skills in and techniques of community organization practice. - Participative learning and social mapping: concept, approaches and steps; thematic mapping, social mapping, transact walk, resource mapping - natural and human resource mapping. - Roles of social worker in community organization. |
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| 3 | - W. Biddle’s enabling/encouraging approach and Saul Alinsky’s dynamics of power
approach to community organization/development. Models of community organization- locality development model, social planning model and social action model. Theory of community engagement; school, family and community partnership. |
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| 4 | - Problems in development of community work in India- such as problems of community
welfare councils, community chests, public relations and community participation. - Community based disasters; risk and risk reduction role and responsibilities. - Practical records in community settings and their discussions. |
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