Cognitive Skills:
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
1. understand key theoretical perspectives oin social development and social policy
2. explain the influence of economic and social policy factors in encouraging social development
3. categorise and group crucial challenges, risks and stakeholders of modern social development on national and international level
4. explain and use the most important indicators and indices for measuring social development and social welfare
5. discuss and critically evaluate key issues of social development and social policy in some of the following areas: value changes and social development, inequalities in acces to education, gender equality, local social development, housing and social innovations, good governance and social development, social economy and social development
6. explain the methods of analysing social expenditure and apply them
7. gain knowledge and awareness about manners of advocating sustainable social development
Practical and Generic Skills:
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- publicly present acquired knowledge and skills in written and oral form
- collect and analyse the data and information from various sources
- clearly discuss and elaborate their own opinions
- consider general and group interests in social policy
- use certain methods of social advocacy
Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:
Seminar paper and presentation
Students are expected to independently analyse a social policy topic and present it orally. Written seminar paper is based on the analysis of literature, understanding and critical evaluation of the text, connection with lectures and drawing conclusions based on the presented material. The seminar grade is formed as a sum of grades realised by writing and presenting the seminar paper. The seminar paper is graded in the following manner:
Writing seminar paper:
0 points - the paper is not written
2 points - the paper does not satisfy formal criteria
4 points - the paper satisfies formal criteria, but there are significant shortcomings on the level of content
6 points - the paper satisfies formal and content related criteria, but the style hampers understanding of the text, and there are significant grammer and spelling mistakes
8 points - the paper satisfies formal and content related criteria, but there are smaller difficulties in understanding the text due to style, and there are smaller grammar and spelling mistakes
10 points - the paper is formally correct, comprehensive, understandable and grammatically correct.
Presentation of the seminar paper
0 points - the paper was not presented
2 points - the paper was read
4 points - the paper was partly read and unprepared
6 points - the paper waa not read, but there are significant shortcomings in oral presentation
8 points - the presentation was well prepared, but there are smaller shortcomings in understanding and there were mistakes in speech
10 points - presentation was well prepared
Grading scale
12 points - sufficient (2)
14 points - good (3)
16 points - very good (4)
18-20 points - excellent (5)
