An in-depth examination of a current research area in community psychology, the construct of Empowerment and its social approaches, historical framework, methods for community based researches and interventions, with special emphasis on analyzing Public Services and Non Profit Organizations health promotion programs.
Course Content - Last names L-Z
Linee di ricerca attuali in psicologia di comunità, evoluzione storica della disciplina, strumenti di analisi e di intervento nelle comunità territoriali. Fondamenti teorici e metodologici del concetto di empowerment individuale e sociale, con particolare riferimento agli interventi nei servizi di promozione della salute svolti dai Servizi Pubblici e dalle Organizzazioni Non Profit .
RECOMMENDED READING
Compulsory reading:
- De Piccoli, N. (2007). Individui e contesti in psicologia di comunità. Milano.
- Gheno, S. (2005). L’uso della forza: il self-empowerment nel lavoro psicosociale e comunitario. Mc Graw-Hill, Milano.
- Meringolo, P., Bertoletti, S., Chiodini, M. (a cura di) (2009). Giovani Creatività Città, Ideare e progettare contesti di divertimento. Unicopli, Milano.
Further reading:
(Please choose one of the following options, with a lecturer suggestion)
- Brown, R., Capozza, D., Licciardello, O. (a cura di) (2007). Immigrazione, acculturazione, modalità di contatto. Franco Angeli, Milano.
- Converso, D., Piccardo, C. (2003). Il profitto dell’empowerment. Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano.
- Milanese, R., Mordazzi, P. (2007). Coaching strategico. Ponte alle Grazie, Milano.
- Zuffa, G. (a cura di) (2010). Cocaina, il consumo controllato. Edizioni Gruppo Abele, Torino.
- Dominguez, S. & Maya-Jariego, I. (2008). Acculturation of Host Individuals: Immigrants and Personal Networks. American Journal of Community Psychology, 42: 309-327.
- Foster-Fishman, P.G., Nowell, B., Yang, H. (2007). Putting the system back into systems change: a framework for understanding and changing organizational and community systems. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 197-215.
- Hirsch, G.B., Levine, R., Miller, R.L. (2007). Using system dynamics modeling to understand the impact of social change initiatives. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39: 239-253.
- Liang. B., Goodman, L., Tummala-Narra, P., & Weintraub, S.(2005). A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Help-Seeking Processes Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36: 71-84.
- Mattis J. E., Powell Hammond W., Grayman N., Bonacci M., Brennan, W., Cowie S.-A., Ladyzhenskaya, L., & So, S. (2009). The Social Production of Altruism: Motivations for Caring Action in a Low-Income Urban Community. American Journal of Community Psychology, 43: 71- 84.
- Mc Donald, K.E., Keys, C.B., Balcazar, F.E. (2007). Disability, race/ethnicity and gender: themes of cultural oppression, acts of individual resistance. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39: 145–161.
- Rappaport, J. (2000). Community Narratives: Tales of Terror and Joy. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28: 1-24.
- Psicologia di comunità (2006) (II) N. 2.
- Psicologia di comunità (2009) (V) N. 2.
Suggested papers, published in American Journal of Community Psychology, are available on line free of charge using a computer identifiable as coming from University of Florence (for instance in an university library).
Compulsory reading:
- De Piccoli, N. (2007). Individui e contesti in psicologia di comunità. Milano.
- Gheno, S. (2005). L’uso della forza: il self-empowerment nel lavoro psicosociale e comunitario. Mc Graw-Hill, Milano.
- Meringolo, P., Bertoletti, S., Chiodini, M. (a cura di) (2009). Giovani Creatività Città, Ideare e progettare contesti di divertimento. Unicopli, Milano.
Further reading:
(Please choose one of the following options, with a lecturer suggestion)
- Brown, R., Capozza, D., Licciardello, O. (a cura di) (2007). Immigrazione, acculturazione, modalità di contatto. Franco Angeli, Milano.
- Converso, D., Piccardo, C. (2003). Il profitto dell’empowerment. Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano.
- Milanese, R., Mordazzi, P. (2007). Coaching strategico. Ponte alle Grazie, Milano.
- Zuffa, G. (a cura di) (2010). Cocaina, il consumo controllato. Edizioni Gruppo Abele, Torino.
- Dominguez, S. & Maya-Jariego, I. (2008). Acculturation of Host Individuals: Immigrants and Personal Networks. American Journal of Community Psychology, 42: 309-327.
- Foster-Fishman, P.G., Nowell, B., Yang, H. (2007). Putting the system back into systems change: a framework for understanding and changing organizational and community systems. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 197-215.
- Hirsch, G.B., Levine, R., Miller, R.L. (2007). Using system dynamics modeling to understand the impact of social change initiatives. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39: 239-253.
- Liang. B., Goodman, L., Tummala-Narra, P., & Weintraub, S.(2005). A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Help-Seeking Processes Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36: 71-84.
- Mattis J. E., Powell Hammond W., Grayman N., Bonacci M., Brennan, W., Cowie S.-A., Ladyzhenskaya, L., & So, S. (2009). The Social Production of Altruism: Motivations for Caring Action in a Low-Income Urban Community. American Journal of Community Psychology, 43: 71- 84.
- Mc Donald, K.E., Keys, C.B., Balcazar, F.E. (2007). Disability, race/ethnicity and gender: themes of cultural oppression, acts of individual resistance. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39: 145–161.
- Rappaport, J. (2000). Community Narratives: Tales of Terror and Joy. American Journal of Community Psychology, 28: 1-24.
- Psicologia di comunità (2006) (II) N. 2.
Psicologia di comunità (2009) (V) N. 2.
- Watzlawick, P., Weakland J., Fisch, R. (1974). Change: la formazione e la soluzione dei problemi. Astrolabio, Roma.
Suggested papers, published in American Journal of Community Psychology, are available on line free of charge using a computer identifiable as coming from University of Florence (for instance in an university library).
Learning Objectives - Last names A-K
Students will know the key concepts and the theoretical models of empowerment, based on an approach of community psychology, knowing and using instruments to analyze the emergent needs in the communities and in the everyday life contexts, paying a particular attention to specialized competence for action research and qualitative methods. Students will be able to obtain professional competences for defining and realizing community based intervention to promote social empowerment.
Learning Objectives - Last names L-Z
Students will know the key concepts and the theoretical models of empowerment, based on an approach of community psychology, knowing and using instruments to analyze the emergent needs in the communities and in the everyday life contexts, paying a particular attention to specialized competence for action research and qualitative methods. Students will be able to obtain professional competences for defining and realizing community based intervention to promote social empowerment.
Prerequisites - Last names A-K
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Prerequisites - Last names L-Z
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Teaching Methods - Last names A-K
Lectures, group work and seminars. Meetings with experts working in Public Services and Non Profit Organizations.
A participatory approach to learning will be emphasized.
Attending seminars will be optional, nevertheless work carried out during attended seminars will be a study in depth that will be valued during the examination.
Teaching Methods - Last names L-Z
Lectures, group work and seminars. Meetings with experts working in Public Services and Non Profit Organizations.
A participatory approach to learning will be emphasized.
Attending seminars will be optional, nevertheless work carried out during attended seminars will be a study in depth that will be valued during the examination.
Further information - Last names A-K
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Further information - Last names L-Z
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Type of Assessment - Last names A-K
Written and oral examination
Type of Assessment - Last names L-Z
Written and oral examination
Course program - Last names A-K
The course will illustrate the main theoretical framework of empowerment, analysis of models for self-empowerment and social empowerment, paying attention to psychological dimensions and intercultural dynamics.
Community, cultural identity and membership between global and local processes.
Methods for analyzing local communities and their problems.
Research methods particularly as regards qualitative research and Action Research.
Applications of social empowerment psychology. Methods and instruments for interventions in different social fields, with a special emphasis on marginalization, migration and intercultural societies. Analysis of community based interventions in Public and Non Profit Services.
Topics will be deepened, with the help of experts showing their experiences, as: risky behaviors, change promoting and strategies to realize it in social systems, commitment of social actors in interventions.
Course program - Last names L-Z
The course will illustrate the main theoretical framework of empowerment, analysis of models for self-empowerment and social empowerment, paying attention to psychological dimensions and intercultural dynamics.
Community, cultural identity and membership between global and local processes.
Methods for analyzing local communities and their problems.
Research methods particularly as regards qualitative research and Action Research.
Applications of social empowerment psychology. Methods and instruments for interventions in different social fields, with a special emphasis on marginalization, migration and intercultural societies. Analysis of community based interventions in Public and Non Profit Services.
Topics will be deepened, with the help of experts showing their experiences, as: risky behaviors, change promoting and strategies to realize it in social systems, commitment of social actors in interventions.