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Cross-Cultural Mediation in Social Work
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:16.07.2021 09:00:15
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_256 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ulla Zumente-Steele | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061575 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | None | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and skills of cross-cultural mediation and ability to apply it for conflict resolutions in various social environments: family, workplace, community etc. focusing on the child's interests. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Conflict interaction, managing conflict | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Mediation as relational approach to conflict intervention | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | The wheel of culture | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 5 | Cross-cultural mediation | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 6 | Exam | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Studying the literature; case analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Tasks in seminars – Case(s) analysis in accordance to discussed criteria – 25% Simulation of mediation – Playing the role of a party and mediator: the performance is to be assessed in accordance to discussed criteria – 25% Examination – Correct answers to theoretical questions about constructive conflict resolution and mediation – 50% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will be able to recognize the features of conflict escalation and de-escalation. Will be able to perceive and use the mediation as a tool of conflict resolution. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to elaborate different techniques of mediation in order to resolve the conflict constructively. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to understand the role of culture in conflict management and mediation. Will be able to elaborate culturally appropriate conflict communication management and mediation techniques leading to constructive conflict resolution. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Goldberg, S.B.; Brett, J., M.; Blohorn-Brenneur, B., and Rogers, N. (2017). How Mediation Works: Theory, Research, and Practice.Bingley: Emeald Publishing Limited | ||||||||
| 2 | Moore Ch. W.; and Woodrow, Peter, J. (2010). Handbook of Global and Multicultural Megortiation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass | ||||||||
| 3 | Folger, J. P., Poole, M.S.; Stutman, R. K. (2009). Working Through Conflict. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. | ||||||||
| 4 | Pulaczewska, H., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. (2010). Intercultural Europe: Arenas of Difference, Communication and Mediation. Stuttgart: ibidem. | ||||||||
| 5 | Davidheiser, Mark. "Mediation and Multiculturalism: Domestic and International Challenges." Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: January 2005. Available from: http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/mediation-multicu… | ||||||||
| 6 | Kymlicka, W. (2016). Defending diversity in an era of populism: Multiculturalism and interculturalism compared. In N. Meer, T. Modood, & R. Zapata-Barrero (Eds.), Multiculturalism and interculturalism. Debating the dividing lines, (pp. 158–177). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. | ||||||||
| 7 | Patten, A. (2014). Equal recognition. The moral foundations of minority rights. Princeton: Princeton University Press. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Furlong, G.T. (2005). The Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models and Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing, and Resolving Conflict. Ont: Wiley. | ||||||||
| 2 | Berit Albrecht (2010). Multicultural Challenges for Restorative Justice: Mediators' Experiences from Norway and Finland, Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 11:1, 3-24. | ||||||||
| 3 | Levrau, F., Loobuyck, P. (2018). Introduction: mapping the multiculturalism-interculturalism debate. CMS 6, 13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-018-0080-8 | ||||||||
