| CODE | IAL3014 | ||||||
| TITLE | Respecting Religious World Views in Diverse Professional Contexts | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Inclusion and Access to Learning | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit aims at providing health, education and social work professionals with the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills to understand and meet the requirements of their service users. In this way it is hoped that they would be facilitating the better integration of TCN’s. Through this study-unit, participants will engage with notions of religions, world-view, spirituality, secularism, secularity and secularisation and how these concepts influence, facilitate and/or hinder one’s relationship with the service-users. Besides acquiring basic knowledge about the different faith communities present in Malta, participants will also develop an understanding and the skills of how to deal with issues that stem from culture and world views. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to equip professionals working in the areas of social work, education and health with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary in the Maltese multi-cultural and multi-religious. It intends to help professionals respond to the needs of persons holding different world views. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. discuss the implications of different definitions of religion,secular and spirituality for practice; ii. critique the role of religion and spirituality in the context of health, education or care; iii. research and appraise practices of religious accommodation, and etiquette; iv. outline the beliefs, celebrations and practices of the major faith communities present in Malta. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. adopt practices of religious accommodation and etiquette; ii. plan and develop suitable interventions to respond to the spiritual, religious and moral dimensions of service users; iii. develop a welcoming and understanding environment for persons of different world views. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: The following is a general list of select books that cover topics that will be discussed in this study unit. Given the diversity of topics that will be explored, a detailed bibliography pertinent to each topic will be provided in class. Main text - Magida, A. J., & Matlins, S. M. (Eds.). (2015). How to be a perfect stranger: a guide to etiquette in other people's religious ceremonies. Jewish Lights Publishing. (BJ2010 .H68 2015) Supplementary text - Borkataky‐Varma, S. (2014). Introduction to World Religions . General Editor, edited by Christopher Partridge. revised by Tim Dowley. Fortress. (BL80.3 .I58 2014) - Brown, D. W. (2017). A new introduction to Islam. John Wiley & Sons. (BP161.3 .B76 2009 ) - Leaman, O. (2006). Jewish thought: an introduction. Routledge.( BM723 .L4) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Viviana Premazzi Stephanie Bugeja Adrian Mario Gellel (Co-ord.) |
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