Motivation to Teach Social Action:
I teach in the department of social work community work and participatory methods, among others. In addition to generating co-knowledge with people who are affected by various policies and social inequality, action and transformation are the key elements of participatory methods/research. These are yet often missed out due to teaching frameworks. I think TSA can offer a sort of re-thinking with its approach.
Course Description:
During this social action seminar, you will work in groups to develop solutions to problems or challenges in the neighborhood or at the university that you jointly identify as relevant and feasible at the beginning of the semester. In your group — your team — you will take responsibility and decide together on the specifics of your solution concept, the approach, implementation strategies, and success criteria. You will gain experience in different contexts and discover the potential of the group and yourself, and you will decide in your concrete actions how you will use these opportunities for yourself. Our joint seminar is part of the degree program and is subject to certain conditions. Taking these conditions into account, we will discuss the seminar guidelines presented here at the beginning of our joint work and agree on the structure and organization of our work.
Taught By:
Eren Yildirim Yetkin
Social Work, Dr. Phil.
Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin
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