Information Of Programmes

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF KOZAKLI / İUT228 - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Code: İUT228

Course Title: DISABILITY AND SOCIETY

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 2

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

SÜLEYMAN TOPALOĞLU (topaloglu(pasif-E-99321579-663.07-2300088777)@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

It is aimed that students will be able to define and distinguish various concepts related to the phenomenon of disability, to learn the theoretical approaches to disability, to comprehend the social foundations of disability, to penetrate the individual and social problems experienced by the disabled, and to have information about social policies regarding disability.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Explain the similar and different aspects of concepts such as disability, loss of function, disability, being with special needs, and disability.	PO-1 Knows basic rehabilitation concepts. PO-2 Knows basic anatomy and physiology concepts.	Examination
LO-2	Will be able to analyze the social perception of disability and evaluate it with a sociological perspective.	PO-39 Explains the interaction of human behavior with society with its basic dimensions. PO-41 Knows the psychological and sociological factors of human and group behavior.	Examination
LO-3	Comprehend the theoretical approaches and models for the phenomenon of disability.	PO-42 Uses development and personality theories to explain human behavior.	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Disability, disability and disability concepts, social perception of disability, historical background of disability, models of disability, demographic characteristics of the disabled population, problems of people with disabilities, problems of their families, rehabilitation of the disabled, social policies for the disabled.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Similar and different aspects of concepts such as disability, disability, disability, loss of ability and function, and being with special needs	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
2	A general description of the social perception of disability	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
3	Identification of disability History of disability 1: History of the West (from Ancient Greece to the 1970s)	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
4	Historical view of disability 2: Turkish-Islamic History (A general panorama from the birth of Islam to the present)	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
5	Models of disability	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
6	Demographic Characteristics of the Disabled Population	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
7	Main Problems of Disabled Persons in Society	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
8	mid-term exam
9	Models for families with disabilities	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
10	Social life and family of people with disabilities	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
11	Rehabilitation of the disabled	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
12	Social policies and social services for the disabled	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
13	Disability in the Process of Globalization: Risk or Opportunity? -1-	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
14	Disability in the Process of Globalization: Risk or Opportunity? -2-	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
15	An overall assessment of the issues and perspective covered/discussed during the term	Lecturing, Question-Answer, Brainstorming, Discussion Method
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Engellilik ve Katılım, Mahmut Yaran, Vize Yayıncılık
2	Hakan Sarı & Tuğba Pürsün, Engelliler ve Sosyal Hizmet, Nobel Yayıncılık
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, projector

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	4	3	12
b) Search in internet/Library	2	3	6
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	1	4	4
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	4	8
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			60