GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NEW APPROACHES IN STRUGGLE TO POVERTY/2770015
Course Title: NEW APPROACHES IN STRUGGLE TO POVERTY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Prof.Dr. Eyüp BEDİR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ebedir
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   ebedir@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To analyze the extent of poverty and its effects
To compare the dimensions and causes of poverty by querying in the world and Turkey
Analyze new approaches and policies applied in the fight against poverty
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
   There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Conceptual framework of poverty
2. Week  Poverty in economic theories
3. Week  Globalization and poverty
4. Week  Welfare state and poverty
5. Week  The dimensions of poverty in the world
6. Week  The dimensions of poverty in Turkey
7. Week  The reasons of poverty in the world
8. Week  The reasons of poverty in Turkey
9. Week  Struggle against poverty
10. Week  Economic policies to struggle against poverty
11. Week  Social policies to struggle against poverty
12. Week  Micro credit to struggle against poverty
13. Week  Minimum income support to struggle against poverty
14. Week  Practice examples from around the world in the fight against poverty
15. Week  New approaches in the fight against poverty I
16. Week  New approaches in the fight against poverty II
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   Fikret Şenses, Küreselleşmenin Öteki Yüzü Yoksulluk, 2006. Banu Metin, Türkiye'de 2000 Sonrası Dönemde Uygulanan Ekonomik ve Sosyal Politikalar Temelinde Yoksulluk Sorunu "Ankara'da Uygulamaları Bir Araştırma", 2013. Kalkınma Planı, 8. BeşYıllık Kalkınma Planı Gelir Dağılımı ve Yoksullukla Mücadele Özel İhtisas Raporu Yusuf Alper, Aysen Tokol, Sosyal Politika,2011. Meryem Koray, Sosyal Politika, 2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
30
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
30
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
70
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
5
50
 Searching in Internet and Library
7
3
21
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
7
3
21
 Preparing Presentation
7
3
21
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
5
3
15
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To acquire extensive knowledge on literature about social policy’s conceptual framework.X
2To gain detailed information about historical development of social policy in Turkey and World.X
3To ensure detailed konowledge about reasons for the emergence of labour law and labour law’s practice.X
4To interpret national and international instruments of social policy on the level of expertise degree.X
5To gain ability of making an analysis on the level of expertise about running of labor markets.X
6To comprehend the relationship between work and welfare by getting basic information on welfare and welfare classifications.X
7To gain ability of using theoretical knowledge and running process in the field of labour sociology with an aspect of working term.X
8To gain ability of using theoretical knowledge and running process in the field of labour psychology with an aspect of working term.X
9To gain ability of making an analysis about social pocicy problems and solution of these problemsX
10To learn and use written and non-written rules of Turkish and foreign language.X