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SOWK550(004) 2012-2013 become familiar with the concept of restorative justice and with the practice of administrative fairness. COURSE STRUCTURE: This course will be delivered in a combination of lectures, seminars, films, workshop and small group format. Students are expected to attend regularly and to come prepared to participate. While no grade is given for participation, the instructor may deduct up to 10% from your final grade if you have not attended or participated in class. Students must complete required readings prior to class. Different opinions, analyses and experiences in relation to the material dealt with in class will be dealt with in a respectful manner. There is an expectation that students will complete a one page reflective journal entry each week. REQUIRED COURSE TEXTS: Ball, Olivia and Paul Gready, 2006, The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights. Toronto: New Internationalist Publications. Curry-Stevens, Ann, 2003, Methods, Models and Materials for Anti-Oppression and Social Justice Workshops. Toronto: Centre for Social Justice (on-line. Available at http://www.socialjustice.org) Reading Package (available from the UBC Bookstore) RECOMMENDED TEXT Ife, Jim, 2008, Human Rights and Social Work: Towards Rights-Based Practice. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. (I strongly recommend this book as one that will guide you through issues we will deal with in terms of other readings found in the reading package. We will also deal with some of the content in the last class). SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS: Please make extensive use of the very many resources to be found in the UBC library and the many texts (books, journals and reports) that are on-line. There are far too many potential supplementary readings and other materials to present a list here that would, necessarily, make sense. If you are interested in material that might compliment or supplement your interests, talk to me and I will do my best to point you in a possible direction. 2
COURSE POLICIES [attendance, participation, academic dishonesty]: SOWK550(004) 2012-2013 Excerpt from the UBC calendar: Regular attendance is expected of students in all their classes (including lectures, laboratories, tutorials, seminars, etc.). Students who neglect their academic work and assignments may be excluded from the final examinations. Students who are unavoidably absent because of illness or disability should report to their instructors on return to classes. The University accommodates students with disabilities who have registered with the Disability Resource Centre. The University accommodates students whose religious obligations conflict with attendance, submitting assignments, or completing scheduled tests and examinations. Please let your instructor know in advance, preferably in the first week of class, if you will require any accommodation on these grounds. Students who plan to be absent for varsity athletics, family obligations, or other similar commitments, cannot assume they will be accommodated, and should discuss their commitments with the instructor before the drop date. It is recommended that students retain a copy of all submitted assignments (in case of loss) and should also retain all their marked assignments in case they wish to apply for a Review of Assigned Standing. Students have the right to view their marked examinations with their instructor, providing they apply to do so within a month of receiving their final grades. This review is for pedagogic purposes. The examination remains the property of the university. Academic Dishonesty: Please review the UBC Calendar “Academic regulations” for the university policy on cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty. Also visit www.arts.ubc.ca and go to the students’ section for useful information on avoiding plagiarism and on correct documentation. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ASSIGNMENTS (1) Journal (30%) Keep a journal. Each week, make the minimum of a one page entry. Your journal should be a response to the readings and materials dealt with each week. In some cases, you will be able to do this before the class. It will be a response to (reflections upon, reactions to, etc.) the readings for that week. In other cases – especially where we are viewing a film in class or have a guest – you may choose to do your entry ‘after the fact’. I am not looking for anything formal. What I would appreciate are candid and ‘off the cuff’ responses to what you have read. I am quite accepting of things like ‘Yike! Verbage beyond description!! (could have said that in two sentences!!!)’ or ‘boorrrring! Fell asleep after 2 pages!’, or ‘Humm – that got me thinking about stuff I’ve never heard before.’ Etc. In other words, make it real. Make reference to the pages to which you are referring (where appropriate). Hand in the journal during the last class (which means you won’t have to comment on the last class). I realize that grading journals is very subjective. I will be looking for (a) ‘genuineness’ of responses to the material; (b) evidence of critical thinking – things that you appreciated or didn’t find useful, relevant or expressed very well; (c) evidence that the reading was done (And I don’t necessarily mean all of it all the time. I just want to evidence that you made a valiant effort; which means that the context (what came before and after anything you comment on is usually relevant.) (2) Presentation on a Human Rights/Social Justice Declaration/Covenant/Bill (45%) Choose a document from the list on page 93 of Olivia Ball and Paul Gready, The No- Nonsense Guide to Human Rights. To this list is to be added, the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (1948), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (2007), and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). 3
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