Course Outline
6/28 Overview of course and evaluation components.
The nature and importance of macro practice in the context of generalist
social work.
Relationship of course content to overall social work curriculum.
Readings: Netting, et al., Chapter 1
Alinsky, Prologue
Discussion of Assignment #1
6/30 Historical overview of macro practice in social work.
Readings: Netting, et al., Chapter 2
Alinsky, “The Purpose”
“Women of Hull House”
“Out of Darkness: The Mine Worker’s Story”
7/1 Rothman’s three models of community organization.
Social work values and ethics
and diversity issues in macro-level practice.
The role of the social worker
in community organization and social action.
Reading: Alinsky, “Of Means
and Ends”
Small Group Project: Imminent
Domain and Lambert Expansion
Reserve Reading: Rothman: Approaches
to Community Intervention
7/7 Assignment #1a Due: Historical issues in community organization.
7/8 Community organizing and development: Coalition-building, leadership
issues, potential
conflicts, decision-making issues, and
change strategies.
Readings: Netting, et al., Chapter
8
Alinsky, “The Education of an Organizer”
7/12 Community organizing and development:
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Assessment and problem identification
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Resource and political analysis
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Development of change options
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Planning and implementation issues
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Evaluation of change strategies
Readings: Netting, et al., Chapters 4
and 9
Alinsky, “In the Beginning”
7/14 Test #1
Film and discussion: “Poletown Lives”
7/15 Interest groups as communities.
Social action campaigns:
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Mobilization and maintaining interest
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Agenda-setting
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Trigger events
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Tactics
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The ethics of confrontation
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Wedge issues and group cohesion
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Use of the media and legal system
Discussion of Assignment #2
Readings: Alinsky, “Communication,” and “Tactics”
Netting, et al., Chapter 10
“Fight in the Fields”
7/19 Assignment #1b Due: Interest groups and social action campaigns
7/21 Human service organizations:
Needs assessment and research issues
Types of human service organizations
Administrative and supervisory issues
Ethical and value issues in organizational development
Readings: Netting, et al., Chapters 5 and 6
7/22 Human service organizations:
Change from within
Analyzing and evaluating organizations
Reading: Netting, et al., Chapter 7
7/26 Catch-up Day or Guest Speaker
7/28 Assignment #2 Due: Overview of a human service
organization
7/30 Review: Preparation for Final Exam
Discussion of
Assignment #3
| GRADING |
GRADE EQUIVALENTS |
| Test #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% |
100 – 90 A |
| Final Exam . . . . . . . . 30% |
80 – 89 B |
| Assignments . . . . . . . 45% (3x15%) |
70 – 79 C |
| Attend. & Particip. . . 10% |
60 – 69 D |
SW 400 Overview
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URL: http://www.siue.edu/~gobrien/sw400/400sche.html
Published By: Jerry O'Brien <gobrien@siue.edu>
Created By: Faculty Technology Center <shuffst@siue.edu>
Last Update: March 25,1999