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The Problems and Attempts in Training Applied and Clinical Skills to Sociology Graduates: Somder (ASG) Case, İstanbul-Turkey
In the first semester of training, group of attendants were 15 people, which long time past out of their graduation. These attendants failed to develop an applied sociology vision, for their theoretically oriented education, and, due to decrease in their interest in sociology through work experience; and, they showed a reluctant attitude toward gaining applied and clinical skills through participating to implementation an applied and clinical project. For this reason, in the second semester, new group of attendants were 20 people; newly graduated ones were encouraged to apply. The training in the second semester provided for the attendants both, a basic vision about applied sociology and a predisposition in taking responsibility by joining an applied team.
In the third semester, an “applied sociology project development group” was created, by selecting from the second semester successful attendants. During this semester, it was asked from group members to prepare a project by developing the idea of providing advancement for, and through the participation of the sociologists, recently employed in the Ministry of Agriculture. The attendants were taken “European Union Project Cycle Management” training course; and developed a project titled as “Advancement of Applied and Clinical Skills for the Agricultural Sociologists”. In the fourth semester, the project started to be implemented by providing the support of relevant governmental institutions.
In the paper, it was presented as a case study 1. the problems -faced in the stages of training, project development and project implementation- of both, the sociology graduates attended the training program through four semester, and the agricultural sociologists participated in the project implementation; and 2. the attempts developed to deal with these problems through all the stages.