CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY
- Anno accademico
- 2022/2023 Programmi anni precedenti
- Titolo corso in inglese
- CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETY
- Codice insegnamento
- LM6290 (AF:368846 AR:214903)
- Lingua di insegnamento
- Inglese
- Modalità
- Blended (in presenza e online)
- Crediti formativi universitari
- 6
- Livello laurea
- Laurea magistrale (DM270)
- Settore scientifico disciplinare
- L-OR/21
- Periodo
- II Semestre
- Anno corso
- 1
- Sede
- VENEZIA
- Spazio Moodle
- Link allo spazio del corso
Inquadramento dell'insegnamento nel percorso del corso di studio
This course provides students with conceptual and analytical tools to understand the drivers of social change in contemporary China.
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
Students are expected to (a) achieve a clear and in-depth understanding of major dynamics of social change in continental China between 1978 and the present day.
Prerequisiti
Compulsory requirements: regular enrollment in relevant MA programs/courses offered by Ca' Foscari University Venice.
Additional requirements: willingness to engage in collaborative work with fellow students.
Attendance to classes recommended.
Additional requirements: willingness to engage in collaborative work with fellow students.
Attendance to classes recommended.
Contenuti
Classes will focus on four levels of social change: (a) individual beliefs and cognitive attitudes; (b) social norms; (c) structures (i.e., formal rules, policies); and (d) change in relations among humans and between humans and nature.
Testi di riferimento
To gain a general understanding of how China's path towards modernization:
1. Spence, Jonathan (2013). The Search for Modern China - Third Edition. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, pp. 559-707.
Please be mindful that this reading list is going to be enriched after the first two classes.
1. Spence, Jonathan (2013). The Search for Modern China - Third Edition. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, pp. 559-707.
Please be mindful that this reading list is going to be enriched after the first two classes.
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
Evaluation of students' proficiency will be carried out by the following means:
- Written test
Evaluation methods will be communicated during the first class.
- Written test
Evaluation methods will be communicated during the first class.
Modalità di esame
scritto
Metodi didattici
- Frontal teaching;
- Collaborative exercises (conceptual mapping, collaborative timeline, world café discussions, etc.)
- Students' presentations and discussion, moderated by the teacher.
- Collaborative exercises (conceptual mapping, collaborative timeline, world café discussions, etc.)
- Students' presentations and discussion, moderated by the teacher.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Questo insegnamento tratta argomenti connessi alla macroarea "Povertà e disuguaglianze" e concorre alla realizzazione dei relativi obiettivi ONU dell'Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
Programma definitivo.
Data ultima modifica programma: 30/01/2023