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Course title |
Population aging and social policy |
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Semester |
110-2 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK |
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Instructor |
PEI SHAN YANG |
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Curriculum Number |
SW7033 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
330EM1710 |
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Class |
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Credits |
3.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Wednesday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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Remarks |
Restriction: MA students and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 15.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 8. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This course is an English-only class designed for all the foreign as well as Taiwanese NTU system students. Graduate students are the main target of this class, but senior undergraduate students are welcomed, too.
East and Southeast Asian countries, are all facing great challenges with regards to fast population ageing, in particular, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Singapore. Since social policy is an important field of knowledge and practice, all these countries have tried to use social policy to guide the nations’ preparation towards the aged future. The course will give an introduction to the fundamental social policies related to ageing. The course will use multi-methods of teaching, such as lectures, small group discussions, field visits (the government, NGOs, and communities), and student project presentations. |
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Course Objective |
a. The students will understand population ageing in East and Southeast Asian countries and globally.
b. The students will develop capacity to do ageing social policy analysis and policy practice.
c. The students will have field experiences and know how ageing social policies are done and materialized in Taiwan.
d. The course will facilitate students from various countries to interact with each other and share their own experiences and ideas related to ageing societies. |
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Course Requirement |
a. participate in class and filed visits (10%)
b. complete reading assignments and be responsible for at least one briefing in class (20%)
c. complete one field visit report (20%)
d. individual oral and written final report (50%) |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Appointment required. Note: Professor Yang is open for appointments in advance. Please contact
her via email or in class. |
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Designated reading |
1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
(2021). World Population Prospects 2021.
2. Danely, J. (2017). Aging and Subjectivity: Ethnography, Experience and Cultural Context. In: Samanta T. (eds) Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology. Springer, Singapore.
3. Chen, S. & Powell, J. L.(2012). Aging in China: Implications to Social Policy of a Changing Economic State. International Perspectives on Aging 2, Boston, MA: Springer. |
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References |
1. Devasahayam, T. W. (2014). Gender and Ageing: Southeast Asian Perspectives. Ed. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
2. Hooyman, N. R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2011). Social Gerontology. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
3. Suzuku, T. (2013). Low Fertility and Population Aging in Japan and East Asia. Tokyo: Springer.
4. Andreoni, G., & Membretti, C. (2021). Digital Health Technology for Better Aging: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG |
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Grading |
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Topic |
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第1週 |
2/16 |
Introduction: global population aging
Readings:
1.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
(2021). World Population Prospects 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/265759/world-population-by-age-and-region/ |
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第2週 |
2/23 |
Challenges of population ageing
Lecturer: Peishan Yang
Reading Assignments:
1. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2004). World population to 2300. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/trends/WorldPop2300final.pdf
2. 薛承泰（2016）。台灣人口大震盪。台北：天下文化。 |
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第3週 |
3/2 |
Aged and super aged societies and Asian family culture
Reading Assignments:
1. Chen & Powell (2012). Chapter 6: Social policy, family support and rural elder care.
2. Yang, P. (2013). Surviving social support: Care challenges facing Taiwanese centenarians. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22(4): 396-405. |
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第4週 |
3/9 |
Trends and development in East Asia ageing social policies: country report
Reading Assignments:
1. Chen & Powell (2012). Chapter 1: Social policy of the changing economic state.
2. Wang, Kate Yeong-Tsyr, & Lin, Wan-I (2011). Successful ageing: The case of Taiwan. Australian Journal on Ageing, 31(3):141-146. |
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第5週 |
3/16 |
Trends and development in East Asia ageing social policies: country report II
Reading Assignments:
1. Suzuku, T. (2013). Low fertility and population aging in Japan and East Asia. Tokyo: Springer.
2. Kreager, P. & Schrder-Butterfill, E. (2014). Ageing and gender preferences in rural Indonesia. In Theresa W. Devasahayam, T. W. Ed. Gender and ageing: Southeast Asian perspectives. Ed. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
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第6週 |
3/23 |
Trends and development in East Asia ageing social policies: country report III
Culture as an important element of personal and social lives
Reading Assignments:
1. Danely, J. (2017). Aging and Subjectivity: Ethnography, Experience and Cultural Context. In: Samanta T. (eds) Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology. Springer, Singapore |
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第7週 |
3/30 |
A review of ageing theories with the example of dementia
Lecturer: Peishan Yang
Reading Assignments:
1. Hooyman, N. R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2011). Social gerontology. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
2. Mackichan, F., Adamson, J., & Gooberman-Hill, R. (2013). Living within your limits: activity restriction in older people experiencing chronic pain. Age and Aging, 42(6): 702-708. |
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第8週 |
4/6 |
Social policy as knowledge and practice
Lecturer: Peishan Yang
Reading Assignments:
1. Chen, F. L., Yang, P., & Wang, L. R. (2010). The changing profile of the Taiwanese family and the governmental response. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 3(2), 135-145.
2. Chan, C. K. (2011). Hong Kong social policy and Chinese welfare ideologies. In Social security policy in Hong Kong. Lanham: Lexington Books.
3. Kreager, P. (2009). Ageing, finance and civil society. In Arifin, E. N., & Ananta, A., Eds. Older persons in southeast Asia: An emerging asset. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Utopia Press Pte Ltd. |
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第9週 |
4/13 |
Financing aged society
Lecturer: Peishan Yang
Reading Assignments:
1. Nadash, P., Doty, P., Mahoney, K. J., Von Schwanenflugel, M. (2012). European long-term care programs: lessons for community living assistance services and supports? Health Services Research, 47: 309-28.
2. Lee, S., & Kim, J. (2014). Comparing the long-term care insurance programs of Korea and Japan. Asian Journal of Human Services, 6:1-12.
3. Nadash, P., & Shih, Y. C. (2013). Introducing social insurance for long-term care in Taiwan: Key issues. International Journal of Social Welfare, 22, 69-79. Peishan Yang
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第10週 |
4/20 |
Work and retirement
Lecturer: Peishan Yang
Reading Assignments: 1. Chen & Powell (2012). Chapters 3: Aging: The role of work and changing expectations in the United States and China.
2. Yang, P. (2010). What is productive in Taiwanese centenarians’ lives? A challenge for the definition of productive ageing. China Journal of Social Work, 3(2-3), 125-137.
3. Stock, J. H., & Wise, D. A. (1990). Pensions, the option value of work, and retirement. Econometrica, 58(5): 1151-1180. Retrieved at http://gemini.econ.umd.edu/jrust/econ698s/stockwise.pdf
4. Woehrmann, A. M., Deller, J., & Wang, Mo (2013). Outcome expectations and work design characteristics in post-retirement work planning. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(3): 219-228. |
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第11週 |
4/27 |
Social and community engagement
Please pay a field visit to any chosen activity or service designed for older persons in your country. Each student needs to hand in a filed visit report. |
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第12週 |
5/4 |
Creative Aging Workshop
Guest: Legacy Art leaders
Art materials will be discussed later. |
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第13週 |
5/11 |
Long term care initiative in New Taipei City
Invited speaker:
Bart Chen
Senior Executive Officer
Department of Health of New Taipei City
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第14週 |
5/18 |
Geriatric Health Care and Telecare
Lecturer: Fisher Lee (Founder of DynaFont, Com.)
Reading Assignments:
1. Chen & Powell (2012). Chapter 2: China and the bio-medicalization of aging: Implications and possibilities.
2. Chen & Powell (2012). Chapters 10: An East-West approach to mind-body health of Chinese elderly.
3. Yang P.S., Lin S.J.（2019）. Digital aging as an essential component of active aging: A literature review. International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 7(4):113-132. |
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第15週 |
5/25 |
Hospice and palliative care |
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第16週 |
6/01 |
Final individual presentations |
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