Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Cross-Cultural Mediation in Social Work
Course Code
LUSDK_256
Branch of Science
Social Politics and Organisation of Social Work; Sociology and social work
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Social Welfare and Social Work
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ulla Zumente-Steele
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, socdk@rsu.lv, +371 67061575
About Study Course
Objective
To provide knowledge and skills of cross-cultural mediation and ability to apply it for conflict resolutions in various social environments: family, workplace, community etc. focusing on the child's interests.
Preliminary Knowledge
None
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Will be able to recognize the features of conflict escalation and de-escalation. Will be able to perceive and use the mediation as a tool of conflict resolution.
Skills
1.Will be able to elaborate different techniques of mediation in order to resolve the conflict constructively.
Competences
1.Will be able to understand the role of culture in conflict management and mediation. Will be able to elaborate culturally appropriate conflict communication management and mediation techniques leading to constructive conflict resolution.
Assessment
Individual work
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Studying the literature; case analysis.
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Tasks in seminars – Case(s) analysis in accordance to discussed criteria – 25%
Simulation of mediation – Playing the role of a party and mediator: the performance is to be assessed in accordance to discussed criteria – 25%
Examination – Correct answers to theoretical questions about constructive conflict resolution and mediation – 50%
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Goldberg, S.B.; Brett, J., M.; Blohorn-Brenneur, B., and Rogers, N. (2017). How Mediation Works: Theory, Research, and Practice.Bingley: Emeald Publishing Limited
2.
Moore Ch. W.; and Woodrow, Peter, J. (2010). Handbook of Global and Multicultural Megortiation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
3.
Folger, J. P., Poole, M.S.; Stutman, R. K. (2009). Working Through Conflict. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
4.
Pulaczewska, H., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. (2010). Intercultural Europe: Arenas of Difference, Communication and Mediation. Stuttgart: ibidem.
5.
Davidheiser, Mark. "Mediation and Multiculturalism: Domestic and International Challenges." Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: January 2005. Available from: http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/mediation-multiculturalism
6.
Kymlicka, W. (2016). Defending diversity in an era of populism: Multiculturalism and interculturalism compared. In N. Meer, T. Modood, & R. Zapata-Barrero (Eds.), Multiculturalism and interculturalism. Debating the dividing lines, (pp. 158–177). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
7.
Patten, A. (2014). Equal recognition. The moral foundations of minority rights. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Additional Reading
1.
Furlong, G.T. (2005). The Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models and Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing, and Resolving Conflict. Ont: Wiley.
2.
Berit Albrecht (2010). Multicultural Challenges for Restorative Justice: Mediators' Experiences from Norway and Finland, Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 11:1, 3-24.
3.
Levrau, F., Loobuyck, P. (2018). Introduction: mapping the multiculturalism-interculturalism debate. CMS 6, 13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-018-0080-8