DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES

Sabato ALIBERTI DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES

1212100125
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2024/2025



YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TEACHING IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NEEDS IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS THROUGH A SERIES OF ELEMENTS OF A THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL NATURE AIMED AT THE ACQUISITION OF USEFUL TOOLS TO FACE THE NEW CHALLENGES THAT THE COMPLEX WORLD OF WELFARE POSES TO SOCIAL PLANNING. AS PART OF THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES, THE PROCESSES, METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF EVALUATION DESIGN AND RESEARCH WILL BE ILLUSTRATED, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE PURPOSES OF EVALUATION AND ITS USE IN SOCIAL POLICIES
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
AS PART OF THE TEACHING ACTIVITIES, THE PROCESSES, METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF EVALUATION DESIGN AND RESEARCH WILL BE EXPLAINED, WITH A FOCUS ON THE PURPOSES OF EVALUATION AND ITS USE IN SOCIAL POLICY. SPECIFICALLY, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED:
THE EVOLUTIONARY PATH OF SOCIAL POLICIES
THE NEW FRONTIERS OF SOCIAL POLICIES IN THE NEW WELFARE;
NEEDS ANALYSIS IN TERRITORIAL SOCIAL CONTEXTS
THE MAIN APPROACHES, TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING;
EVALUATION IN THE SOCIAL FIELD, INTEGRATION BETWEEN EVALUATION AND PLANNING
TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND EMPIRICAL PRACTICE
Teaching Methods
THE MODULE WILL BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH LECTURES AND SUPPORTED BY THE ACTIVATION OF SEMINARS FOCUSED PARTICULARLY ON THE STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FIELD OF TERRITORIAL WELFARE POLICIES
Verification of learning
ORAL TEST. THE FINAL JUDGMENT WILL BE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND THE SKILLS OF ANALYSIS, WRITING AND ARGUMENTATION. APPROPRIATE USE OF SPECIFIC TECHNICAL LANGUAGE, ABILITY TO RELATE THE TOPICS COVERED TO THOSE OF OTHER RELATED DISCIPLINES, ABILITY TO CONTEXTUALIZE SOCIOECONOMIC DYNAMICS WILL CONSTITUTE ADDITIONAL EVALUATION CRITERIA.
Texts
UGO DE AMBROGIO, CARLA DESSI, VALENTINA GHETTI, DESIGNING AND EVALUATING IN SOCIAL WORK. METHODS AND EXPERIENCES, CAROCCI FABER, 2013
M. PALUMBO. THE EVALUATION PROCESS. DECIDING, PLANNING, EVALUATING, FRANCO ANGELI, ED. 2022
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