Department of Community Health Sciences Community-Based Social Development

This course is designed to explore the interrelationships between self awareness, leadership skills, effective communication strategies, community mobilization, and health and social development.

Goals

This training course is aimed to provide an understanding of the social determinants of health and development and the importance of participatory methods in community mobilization and empowerment.

Objectives

By the end of the course, the participants would be able to:

Ø    Understand the essential concepts and dynamics of social change.

Ø    Understand the essential features of participatory methodology, and its applications for facilitating social change.

Ø    Become aware of the relevance of self-development and importance of communication skills for community development.

Ø    Become aware of the type of  management and research strategies appropriate  for community development intervention

Content

Ø    Introduction to Development and Its Dimensions

Ø    Self-awareness

Ø    Participatory Methodology

Ø    Violence and It’s Victims

Ø    Gender and Development

Ø    Qualitative Research Methods and Participatory Action Research

Ø    Human Rights

Ø    Management and Social Development

Ø    Community Mobilization and empowerment

Medium of Instruction

English is the exclusive language of instruction.  Participants should be able to speak and write in English.  Conversations may be held in Urdu, if necessary.

Teaching Methods

The course will provide an interface between experiential learning and use of critical thinking.  Participatory tools for reflection, case-studies for analysis, simulation-games and exercises will be used.  Participants will be required to verbalize; as well as write out their feelings, thoughts and analysis.  Other methods of learning will include small and large group discussions and presentations, video presentations and field visits.  At the end of the course, each participant will be expected to give a presentation on a project that they would undertake in their respective programs.

Duration of the Course

The course takes 24 working days (approximately eight hours a day, and six days a week) and will be conducted during the first quarter of year 2001.