Магистратура
2021/2022
Социальные нормы, социальные изменения (в 2 частях)
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Сравнительные социальные исследования / Comparative Social Research)
Направление:
39.04.01. Социология
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1 модуль
Формат изучения:
с онлайн-курсом
Онлайн-часы:
16
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Фрёлих Кристиан
Прогр. обучения:
Сравнительные социальные исследования
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
2
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This is a course on social norms, the rules that glue societies together. It teaches how to diagnose social norms, and how to distinguish them from other social constructs, like customs or conventions. These distinctions are crucial for effective policy interventions aimed to create new, beneficial norms or eliminate harmful ones. The course teaches how to measure social norms and the expectations that support them, and how to decide whether they cause specific behaviors. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project, and it includes many examples of norms that sustain behaviors like child marriage, gender violence and sanitation practices. The course is a Massive Open Online Course delivered at Coursera platform ( 2 courses https://www.coursera.org/learn/norms and https://www.coursera.org/learn/change). Students are required to finish both online courses and take an oral examination at HSE for completing the course. The examination is taken after completion of the course during examination weeks. The full syllabus is published at the course websites. (https://www.coursera.org/learn/norms and https://www.coursera.org/learn/change). The course doesn’t require special previous knowledge and competences
Learning Objectives
- Provide students the basic concepts and definitions, such as social expectations and conditional preferences.
- Provide students the methods of measure expectations and preferences
Expected Learning Outcomes
- examine social change, the tools may be used to enact change
- how to measure expectations and preferences
- understand the basic concepts and definitions, such as social expectations and conditional preferences
Course Contents
- Week 1: Interdependent & Independent Actions + Empirical Expectations
- Week 3: Conditional Preferences + Social Norms
- Week 4: Pluralistic Ignorance + Measuring Norms
- Week 5: Honors Lesson: Scripts and Schemas
- Week 6: Norm Creation
- Week 7: Norm Abandonment
- Week 8: Trendsetters and Social Change
- Week 2: Normative Expectations + Personal Normative Beliefs
Assessment Elements
- After attending the MOOC it is required to present the final results (certificate/another document).
- oral group exam
- After attending the MOOC it is required to present the final results (certificate/another document).
- oral group exam
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 1st moduleAfter attending the MOOC it is required to present the final results (certificate or another document - C). The document has to be submitted to the study office immediately after completion of the course. After successful completion of the course an examination is undertaken. Prerequisite for attending the examination is submission of the certificate to the study office. The examination grade (E) is the final grade for the course. Final control: oral group exam. The overall course grade (G) (10-point scale) is calculated as a sum of G = C*0.7+ E*0.3
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Ulrike Schuerkens. (2017). Social changes in a global world / Ulrike Schuerkens. Post-Print. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.hal.journl.hal.01833018
- Zolotoy, L., O’Sullivan, D., & Martin, G. P. (2018). The social context of compensation design: Social norms and the impact of equity incentives. Human Resource Management, 57(5), 1233–1250. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21897
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Elinor Ostrom. (2000). Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms. Journal of Economic Perspectives, (3), 137. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.14.3.137
- Verónica Sevillano, & Pablo Olivos. (2019). Social Behavior and Environment: The Influence of Social Norms on Environmental Behavior. Papeles Del Psicólogo, (3), 182. https://doi.org/10.23923/pap.psicol2019.2898