一個社會中的人們，根據某種「屬性」或「標準」而區分為不同社會類別／等級的安排方式，即為「社會階層化」。用來區分社會階層的標準或屬性，每個社會不盡相同，大致上包括職業、性別、年齡、教育、族群、權力、地位等。社會階層化的研究其實就是在研究社會的不平等現象：社會學家並不將不平等現象當作隨機分配在個人身上，而是從群體的角度來看團體和團體間之不平等關係，此些不同的團體即為「社會階層」。在同一社會階層裡，團體的成員往往享有同等的或類似的社會資源；隸屬於不同階層的成員，具有不同的地位，此種不平等的地位常會對下一代產生影響。由於不同階層／階級的上下排列往往是彼此傾軋的結果，且仍將不斷持續進行當中，因此探討其分層的原因、機制、影響、過程等就十分重要。學者通常也稱之為「社會不平等」。
根據社會的不平等現象，政府往往會提出相互應對的政策，試圖解決這些社會問題。有鑑於社會問題幾乎都是鑲嵌在社會結構或脈絡演變而來，凸顯出問題的公共性與集體，因此社會政策正是影響公共福利的國家行動。社會政策為整體公共政策之一環，強調國家介入社會整體公共性或集體性的事務，而非個人小群體的私人層面。社會政策的範圍甚為廣泛，且可能隨著意識型態、政治、社會或經濟的變化而調整，尤其是為回應社會的訴求，必須經常增/修訂法規。
本課程將從社會不平等出發，特別重視貧窮/弱勢的議題，除了社會學傳統的社會階層理論，也引入相當重要且受到學界重視的「生命歷程理論」，同時兼顧個人、家庭、外在社會結構以及彼此之間的交互作用，藉以重新檢視貧窮/弱勢者的動態生命歷程，期能彌補過往研究在思考貧窮/弱勢問題時的侷限。也由於本課程引入素養導向教學模式，課堂進行時會藉由案例討論讓修課學生熟習及應用這些理論，以及具備相對應的知識、技能與態度。
People in a society are divided into different social categories/levels according to certain "attributes" or "standards", that is, "social-level". The standards or attributes used for the sub-society level are not the same in each society, roughly including career, gender, age, education, ethnicity, power, status, etc. Social-level research is actually to study social inequality phenomena: social scientists do not distribute inequality phenomena randomly to individuals, but instead look at the inequality relationship between groups from the perspective of groups. These different groups are "social-level". In the same social level, members of the group often enjoy equal or similar social resources; members of different levels have different statuses, and this unequal status often has an impact on the next generation. Since the up and down arrangements of different levels/levels are often the result of each other's relationship and will continue to be carried out continuously, it is very important to explore the reasons, mechanisms, influences, processes, etc. of their levels. Students also usually call it "social inequality."
Depending on social inequality, governments often propose mutually appropriate policies to try to solve these social problems. It is because social problems are almost all embedded in social structures or integrative evolution, highlighting the public nature and collective of the problems, so social policies are the national action that affects public welfare. Social policy is a circle of overall public policies, which emphasizes the involvement of states in the overall public or collective affairs of society, rather than the private aspects of small groups of individuals. The scope of social policies is very broad and may be adjusted according to changes in consciousness, politics, social or economic conditions, especially in response to social requests, and regulations must be frequently added/revised.
This course will develop from social inequality, and specifically focus on suspicion/weakness. In addition to the traditional social theory of social science, it also introduces a relatively important and highly valued "life course theory", while also focusing on individuals, families, external social structures and interactions with each other, in order to re-examine the dynamic life course of suspicion/weakness, and to improve the limitations of past research when thinking about suspicion/weakness. Also, since this course introduces a nursing-oriented teaching model, the course will use case discussions to allow students to mature and apply these theories, as well as to have corresponding knowledge, skills and attitudes when conducting the course.
授課教師不要求各位同學買書，但各位同學必須仔細研讀授課教師所準備的PPT。PPT的內容是依據每週上課進度所編排，並且作為期中與期末考試的題庫來源。
The teaching teacher does not require students to buy books, but students must carefully study the PPT prepared by the teaching teacher. The content of PPT is arranged according to the progress of the weekly class and is used as a source of questions for mid-term and final exams.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 期中考期中考 Midterm exam |
20 | |
| 期末考期末考 Final exam |
20 | |
| 上課出席與參與討論上課出席與參與討論 Attendance and Participation in the previous class |
20 | |
| 繳交主題學習心得繳交主題學習心得 Submit topic learning experience |
40 |
