It is intended to introduce the main concepts of planning, with particular emphasis on is sociological dimension. We discusses the concept of planning, the changing conceptions of planning over time, their relationship with the values and goals, the social actors in the planning process and the main methods of planning, with emphasis on research-action and on the role of evaluation in planning.
It is intended to provide students with skills in concepts and give them an overview of the methods to prepare them to be able to carry out training with advanced methods of planning. In addition, we will make an exercise of planning production with the students in class during several sessions, in order to give the students some idea of planning practices in sociology.
This is a discipline that although is theoretical, requires students to acquire knowledge that can support its future action as professional sociologists, having thus, a important practical side.
1. The planning as a process of research-action
2. The Statute of the evaluation in the context of planning in Sociology
3. Elements for a definition of Planning in sociological context
4. Practices and methods of planning
They are used teacher-centered methods, in that students are offered summaries of the main theoretical questions about planning in sociology, but also student-centered methods, considering that it is requested to intervene in class discussion and in the themes of the practical work/classes.
They are also used auxiliary audio-visual methods of learning, namely the projection of slides using PowerPoint software.
In what regards the intervention of students in class, students are asked to submit their views regarding various parts of the matter and the are asked about this and encouraged to put questions and express their opinions. In the case of practical work, students are asked to gather in groups, define and present conclusions and discuss it in class.
They are also given to the students several texts, available in PDF on Moodle.
Moodle is also used for the display of scores, along with other things.
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