Overview
Critical exploration of contemporary Pacific social issues, considering and developing relevant social service responses to identified Pacific social issues.
About this paper
| Paper title | Pasifika and Social Services |
|---|---|
| Subject | Social Work |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2023 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,442.12 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- SOWK 508
- Limited to
- BSW, MSCW (Applied)
- Notes
- May not be credited with SOWK411 or SOWK521 completed in 2016 or 2017.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- To be advised.
- Textbooks
To be advised.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students completing SOWK 408 will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their initial understanding of Pacific peoples and their world views
- Identify where Pacific peoples’ issues are located within the ecological model
- Develop an awareness for ethnic-sensitive practice with Pacific peoples
- Be able to competently evaluate issues and develop an appropriate framework for practice in relation to a Pasifika social issue
Timetable
Overview
Critical exploration of contemporary Pacific social issues, considering and developing relevant social service responses to identified Pacific social issues.
About this paper
| Paper title | Pasifika and Social Services |
|---|---|
| Subject | Social Work |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2024 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,482.46 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- SOWK 508
- Limited to
- BSW, MSCW (Applied)
- Notes
- May not be credited with SOWK411 or SOWK521 completed in 2016 or 2017.
- Contact
- Teaching staff
- To be advised.
- Textbooks
To be advised.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students completing SOWK 408 will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to reflect on their initial understanding of Pacific peoples and their world views
- Identify where Pacific peoples’ issues are located within the ecological model
- Develop an awareness for ethnic-sensitive practice with Pacific peoples
- Be able to competently evaluate issues and develop an appropriate framework for practice in relation to a Pasifika social issue