Introduction to Social Work
1
2022-2023
01741513
Social Work
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Compulsory
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
This curricular unit has a theoretical character so the expository approach is more emphasized as a teaching methodology. Nevertheless, in some classes, more interactive strategies for the appropriation of knowledge are promoted, through the use of audiovisual material, document analysis, interpretation and discussion of texts, among others.
Learning Outcomes
The discipline intends to explain the ontological/epistemological/political bases of S.W. For this purpose it is structured in : explicitation of the object and nature of S.W; historical bases of emergence and institutionalization. The objectives are : i)understand the specificity object of the S.W ii)analyze the ideological scientific and political foundations inherent to the theoretical/conceptual/methodological construction of the SW iii)explain and analyze the historical, cultural, political, social and ideological frameworks underlying the genesis and institutionalization as a profession iv)understand the process and the specificities inherent to the institutionalization of the S.W in Portugal v)identify and think about the current challenges and orientations of the profession. In the end of thdiscipline the student must be able to explicitly and critically discuss the nature and specificity of the object of SW, its historical roots and connections between profession and contexts
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
I. ONTOLOGICAL BASES OF SOCIAL WORK
The object of Social Work and the relationship with the Social Sciences
Dimensions of social work as a profession
Structuring axes of the professional practice and mediating components of the profession
II. THE HISTORICAL FORMATION OF SOCIAL WORK AS A PROFESSION
Pre-Modern Genesis
Modernity and scientific philanthropy
The social question of the working class and the relevance to the institutionalization of social work
Stages and process of the affirmation of the Social Work in the XX century
III. EMERGENCY, INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND RECOGNITION OF SOCIAL SERVICE IN PORTUGAL
The movement of social medicine and early formations
The dictatorship era and the emergence of the first schools in Portugal
Social work in Portugal in democracy
IV. CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL WORK: GUIDELINES AND CHALLENGES
Transformations of contemporary societies, (new) problems and role of the social work
New challenges and possibilities.
Head Lecturer(s)
Sónia Guadalupe dos Santos Ribeiro Neves de Abreu
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Research work: 35.0%
Frequency: 65.0%
Bibliography
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Martins, A. C. (1999). Génese, Emergência e Institucionalização do Serviço Social Português. Lisboa: FCG/FCT.
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