COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL DIMENSION OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 5042 SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL DIMENSION OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop knowledge and skills related to analytical thinking about how social structure and individual behavioral processess change.In this context, it involves researches related to changes in social structure and individual behavioral processess after disasters, relationships between social and individual issuess and political, economical, technological, ecological issues; individual and social perceptions; reactions, causes of their success and failures of sociaties, individuals and institutions; perceptions of disaster risks; decision-making in crises, sources of conflict and resolution technics, which factors effect cultural componentsand how, analysis of global relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Knowing and understanding concepts and theories related to social and behavioral dimensions of individuals,societies and institutions in emergency and disaster situations
2   2. Thinking analitically and critically,
3   3. Wacthing ethical subjects in terms of relaitons among individuals, families, goups, organizataions, social networks, communities
4   4. Watching and understanding the effects of emergency and disaster situations on individuals, sociaties and institutions and reactions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. General evaluation of the effects of emergencies and disasters on social structure and behavioral processes, Relationships of social and behavioral dimensions with economic, technological, political and ecological issues in emergencies and disasters
2 2. Personality Traits, The importance of personality traits in disasters and emergencies,Types of personality traits, Conscience development
3 3.Individual, Factors affecting social and institutional perception process and perception errors and attribution theory,
4 4. Social influence and compliance behavior in disaster and emergency situations
5 5. Attitude and attitude theories, Attitude-behavior relationship, Attitude change
6 6. Motivation, Well-being, Empowerment in disasters and emetgencies
7 7. Social groups in emergency and disaster situations, Teams and their behavior,
8 8. Collective Behavior, Types, The place and importance of collective behavior in disaster and emergency situations
9 9. Decision making in emergency and disaster situations, Creative problem solving methods
10 10. Stress in disaster and emergency situations, Stress Management
11 11. Leadership in disaster and emergency situations
12 12.Culture and factors affecting cultural elements in emergency and disaster situations
13 13.Conflicts created by emergency and disaster situations and conflict management
14 14.Coping with disaster, individual and social change and development

Recomended or Required Reading

Açıkalın, Oya. 2017a. Deprem Bağlamında Dirayetli Toplumun Neresindeyiz Yüzyılın Hesabı. Yeni Insan Yayınevi: Istanbul.
Açıkalın, O., Türkiye ye Ilişkin Sosyal Boyutlu Deprem Yazınına Eleştirel Bir Bakış, Dirençlilik Dergisi, 2 (2) 2018, 85-104
Bosher,L, 2007, Social and Institutional Elements of Disaster Vulnerability, Bethesda Academic Press.
Drury, J. (2012). Collective resilience in mass emergencies and disasters: A social identity model. In J. Jetten, C. Haslam, & S. A. Haslam (Eds.), The social cure: Identity, health and well-being (pp. 195 215). Psychology Press
Derici, M.K., 2003, Doğal Afetlerin Afet çalışanlarına Getirisi Stres ve Stres ile Mücadele, Sivil Savunma, Sayı 172, 20-23,
Görgen, Merve Vuslat Semanur; Nurçin Küçük Kent Afet Sahası Çalışanlarının Stres Düzeyi ve Motivasyon Verimliliği ile Ilişkili Bir Araştırma: Ankara Ili Itfaiyesi Örneği, GÜSBD Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023; 12(4): 1543 - 1552
Görgü, H.H., 2006, Afetlerde Ortaya Çıkan Temel Duygularımız ve Başa Çıkma Yolları, Sivil Savunma Yolları, Sivil Savunma, Sayı 184, 13-15
Karancı, N., 2004, Afetzede Psikolojisi, Iç işleri Bakanlığı Eğitim Dairesi Başkanlığı, Eet Yönetimi, 55. Dönem Mülki Idare Amirleri Semineri Ders Notları, Ankara
Türk Idare Dergisi, T.C. Içişleri Bakanlığı Yayınları.
Yabancı Süreli Yayınlar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Lecture
- Being prepared to the course
- Article assessment
- Discussion
- Case analysis, role playing
- Applications
- Tests

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Exams based on discussions within the class
2. Assessment reports
3. Participation to discussion
4. Weekly assignments
5. Term Paper

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Participants should come to the class by reading all course materials
2. Participating to the class discussions is must.
3. Attending at least 70% of lectures is must
4. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omur.ozmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 8 1 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing presentations 8 2 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1333211
LO.234233
LO.33323
LO.4333323