Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	AMU Aligarh

Community Construct: Sociological perspective and Social Work Perspective Social construct; and emerging new communities, Types of Communities

Community Dynamics, Integrative and Disintegrative processes in the community, Community Power structure: Leadership: Definitions, types and qualities; Theories of leadership.

Community for Community Work; The Changing Nature of Community; Definition Components, Objectives, Nature, Values, Process & Skills of The Community Work; Problem Solving Strategies; History of Community Work

Continuum from micro, mezzo to macro practice in social work; Social Justice; Human Rights; Expression of Social Justice & Human Rights as a Value of Social Work; Social Justice/ Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice

Community Development Concept, Objectives & Historical Emergence; Principles of Community Development; Community Capital & Community Development; Approaches to Community Development

Community organization: Meaning, objectives, Basic Assumptions, Nature & Principles; value orientation of community organization; Skills and techniques of Community Organization

Theoretical Perspectives; Strategies, Approaches and Models of Community Organization; Historical development of Community organization; Roles of Community Organizer

Concept, Objectives, Elements, Features, Principles, Types, Skills, Strategies, Models, of social action; Social Action and Social Reform; Social Action—Alinsky & Gandhi

Social Action as a Method of Social Work; Evolution of Social Action in India;Social Action in The Indian Context (Adapted from John Samuel); Radical Social Work: Saul Alinsky’s and Paulo Freire’s Methods; Process of Social Action, Scope of Social Action in India

Types, Objectives, Importance, Principles, Philosophy & Dimensions of Community / People’s Participation; PRA/PLA techniques: Meaning, Concept, Origins, Benefits, Guidelines, & Principles

Classification, Attributes & Use of the PRA/PLA techniques; Tools of the of PRA/PLA techniques: Social Mapping, Resource Mapping, Transect Walk, Mobility Diagram; Trend Analyses, Daily schedule/calendar, Seasonality diagram; Venn Diagram/chapatti diagram, Indigenous Technology knowledge (ITK) map, Wealth ranking, Force Field Analysis

Communication: Concept and significance for the community work; Concept, Elements, Barriers, 7 Cs & Models of communication; Development communication: Concept, roles, Philosophy, and strategies of DC; different types: Development Support Communication (DSC); BCC/SBCC, IEC, Social Marketing; Resource mobilization, Social Capital, Networking, Involvement of Groups & Coordination