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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Ojämlikt åldrande ur ett samhälls- och livsloppsperspektiv |
|---|---|
| English title | Societal and Life-course Perspectives on Inequalities in Aging |
| Course number | 5688 |
| Credits | 3.0 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2023-02-20 |
| Purpose of the course | The purpose of the course is for students to gain an increased understanding of inequalities in aging and older age from a structural societal perspective and from an individual life-course perspective. Furthermore, the course aims to give the students an understanding of the importance of considering structural and individual factors in their own and fellow doctoral students’ doctoral projects and how they can be understood and applied based on an interdisciplinary approach. |
| Intended learning outcomes | After completing this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Identify and describe factors that contribute to late-life inequalities, from a structural societal perspective and from an individual life-course perspective. 2. Critically reflect on and discuss how structural and individual factors both independently and in interplay may shape differences in aging. 3. Apply key concepts related to inequalities in aging to their own and other students’ research. |
| Contents of the course | The course provides an interdisciplinary perspective on social and health inequalities in aging and late life. Additionally, the course focuses on how these inequalities arise and change over the life course, as well as differences globally and across time. Key concepts and theories related to inequalities in aging will be presented and discussed, such as ageism, healthy and active aging, old age poverty, social exclusion, health and social care, informal care, and the retirement process. Inequalities in aging will also be viewed from the perspective of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The students will be trained to identify main reasons for the development of inequalities as people age, both from a structural societal perspective and from an individual life-course perspective. |
| Teaching and learning activities | Different strategies for teaching and learning will be used, such as lectures, seminars, group discussions, and peer reviewing, to promote an analytical and critical approach to the course content and to facilitate multidisciplinary learning. Activities will take place on campus as well as digitally on the learning platform. The doctoral students' active participation will be required. |
| Compulsory elements | The students are required to actively participate in scheduled activities, including lectures, group discussions and seminars. The course includes both physical and online activities. The course directors assess how absence should be compensated.
Assignments: 1. Group work, presented at a seminar (online or hybrid format). 2. Written individual assignment, which is presented and discussed at a final examination seminar at KI (physical meeting). 3. Peer review of another student’s individual assignment, discussed at the final examination seminar. |
| Examination | To pass the course the student must achieve the learning outcomes. This will be assessed through active participation in mandatory seminars, group work, an individual written assignment reflecting on the course content in relation to her/his own research, and a written and oral reflection on another student’s individual assignment. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Recommended course book: Kuh D, Cooper R, Hardy R, Richards M, Ben-Shlomo Y. (eds). A Life Course Approach to Healthy Ageing. Oxford, 2013; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Jan. 2014; https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656516.001.0001
In addition, a list of scientific articles, reports and book chapters related to the course content will be distributed before and during the course, corresponding to about 10-15 scientific articles/book chapters. |
Course responsible |
Neda Agahi Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle 08-524 858 10 0722-226847 Neda.Agahi@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Malin Ericsson Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle malin.ericsson@ki.se |
