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On completion, a student will be able to:
1) Describe what homelessness means from the perspective of people who are experiencing homelessness.
2) Describe the profile of homeless populations nationally and globally.
3) Understand policies supporting homeless populations.
4) Explore diversity in homeless populations and explain how people are viewed and characterised.
5) Explore responses to reduce the risk of homelessness.
6) Apply creative and innovative solutions supporting people who are experiencing homelessness.
In this module, students will learn what homelessness is and how it is experienced by many people in Ireland and globally.
Irish and international policies on homelessness will be discussed.
The impact of homelessness and the associated factors will be considered.
Personal accounts from people who have been homeless and practitioners supporting people who are experiencing homelessness will be shared.
Solutions for reducing and ending homelessness - looking at international successes- will be explored.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Conversation Class | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 52 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Attendance, engagement, and participation with specified in-class activities. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Journal: Submission of an individual short written report [350 words] demonstrating reflection and learning over the 12 weeks of attending and engaging in the module. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Group Project: Brief group presentation (week 5 / 6 of module). All students attend. |
Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Group Project: Presentation of a prepared student-generated group project in the final class. All students must attend. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback provided to students post-assessment.
Name | Role |
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Dr Cliodhna Bairead | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Thilo Kroll | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |