Summer 2006
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Program Title: Peace and Reconciliation in Northern
Ireland
Academic Departments: Social Work
Intercultural Location: Belfast and Derry, Northern
Ireland
Academic Instructor: Neal Newfield Ph.D.
Service-Learning Facilitator: Dolly Ford MSW/MPA
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Program Description
This program offers students a course which examines the concept
of civic engagement within the context of the long existing Catholic
and Protestant conflicts in Northern Ireland and the Republic
of Ireland. The students will focus/learn how various communities
both in the North and South are using methods of public talk to
heal from wounds of the conflicts and work toward peace and reconciliation.
The program will begin by examining different forms of dialogue
and deliberation and how such may be used within communities to
reach common ground, make difficult decisions, and perhaps reconcile
harsh differences.
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Program Learning Outcomes
At the end of global service-learning program
and on-site experience, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate
different forms of dialogue for resolving conflict and establishing
common ground.
- Critically examine disputes from the point of
view of the disputants.
- Demonstrate an ability to think systemically
in conceptualizing and intervening in community conflicts.
- Recognize
the influence of culture and history in shaping disputes and the
solutions proposed by stakeholders.
- Apply the skills from various
disciplines to provide services in public deliberation and sustained
dialogue to local community members in the students' home
communities.
- Articulate the limitations and strengths of different
practice models when working with diverse communities including
minorities, rural people, and different cultural groups.
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Academic Details
Academic credits are awarded for this course through West Virginia
University. The program is academically sponsored by the Division
of Social Work for the following credit options:
Option 1 (Social Work Undergraduate Credits):
Social Work Special Topics: Peace and Reconciliation
- 3 undergraduate
credits (SOWK 493V)
AND
Social Work Special Topics: Global Service-Learning
- 3 undergraduate
credits (SOWK 493Z)
Option 2 (Social Work Graduate Credits):
Social Work Special Topics: Peace and Reconciliation
- 3 graduate credits
(SOWK 693H)
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Program Timeline
May 22 - 26
Academic Intensive at West Virginia University
Campus
May 27 – June 11
Travel to Belfast and Derry, Northern Ireland
Site visits, lectures, discussions, and reflections
June 12 – August
13
Online classroom discussions
and completion of community service project in your home community
August 14
Academic Retreat at West Virginia University Campus
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