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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Social Work
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Roni Holler
Coordinator Office Hours:
To be announced in the syllabus
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Roni Holler
Course/Module description:
In the 1960s and 70s, groups of disabled people, especially in the US and the UK, began reconstructing their lived experience and the reason for their marginal positon in society. Subsequently known as the disability movement, these groups sought to view disability as a social, political, environmental, cultural and historical category, and not only an individual, medical and rehabilitative one. As with other social movements, including feminism, the political activities of the disability movement were soon accompanied by an academic field known as Disability Studies. This interdisciplinary field of study aims to open up disability research to a wide range of questions that have rarely been asked due to the traditional focus on the medical, functional and rehabilitative aspects of disability. In this course, we will present some of the main theoretical approaches in Disability Studies, and discuss some of the key questions, issues and themes that preoccupy them, from the employment of disabled persons thorough their media representations, to their involvement in politics, research and practice. In the course of our discussion, we will try to (re)consider the appropriate relationship between helping professionals, including social workers, and people with disabilities.
Course/Module aims:
To present students with some of the main theoretical approaches in Disability Studies, and provide them with tools to critically analyze and discuss the key issues that concern them.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• To be familiar with the disability studies discourse and its major concerns.
• To conduct a critical discussion related to key disability issues.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures and discussions
Course/Module Content:
1. Mapping the terrain: What is disability studies?
2. Main theoretical approaches in disability studies
3. Key issues in disability studies:
a. Disability and history
b. Disabled people in the labour market
c. Media representation of disabilty
d. Disability and the social security system
e. “Nothing about us-without us”: The involvement of disabled people in politics and research.
f. Disabled people and the social work profession
g. Disability art
Required Reading:
will be uploaded to course website
Additional Reading Material:
will be uploaded to course website
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 90 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Information on this website and all its components is tentative and can be changed by the lecturer. Updated information about the course will appear on the course website
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