Course: Social Pedagogy

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Course title Social Pedagogy
Course code KPG/SOCPG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svoboda Michal, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Nováková Daniela, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Zachová Markéta, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Social pedagogy - classification of science, current ranges of problems, trends in the development - Questions of social maturing - socialization (interiorization) and desocialization, analysis of current social conditions of pedagogy. - Social groups - classification of a social group, main characteristics, classification of social groups according to the criteria (e. g. according to the size, structure etc.), characteristics of groups of contemporaries, characteristics and behaviour of a crowd. - Environment as a socially pedagogic agent - typologies of environment (macroclimate, microclimate), local environment, influence of environment on human, threatening factors - Analysis of family environment - definition characteristics of a family, risk factors of a current family, classification of parents' attitudes and their influence on self-conception of a child. - Situations of life from an aspect of social and pedagogical view, help during solving of crisis life situations - solving techniques. - Sociocultural handicap - specifics of work with chidren of foreigners. - Pedagogic influence of spare time and its problems. - Lifestyle and its formation. - Directive and non-directive ways of intervention and systems of help. - Energetic aspect of help - burnout syndrome, help syndrome, working with energy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to orientate in the pedagogical terminology, in particular in the field of general pedagogy and the theory of education, to define basic pedagogical concepts and categories, to illustrate on concrete examples
Skills
to orientate in basic professional pedagogical literature
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to define and explain the basic social and educational concepts: socialization, social conditions of education, typology of the environment, classification of risk behavior
to describe the current paradigms in the field helping activities and to demonstrate their use in practice
to characterize the system of assistance and prevention of socially pathological phenomena in the Czech Republic
Skills
to reflect the key issues of social educational practice
to reach a critical access to current issues and problems of social pedagogy
to use and apply appropriate techniques and procedures to solve the difficult situations in life of children and young people
to use appropriate preventive programs to eliminate the risky behavior of children and young people
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture
Students' portfolio
Skills
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Competences
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Portfolio
Competences
Portfolio
Self-evaluation
Recommended literature
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  • Bendl, S., Zvírotský, M., Richterová, M. Příběh školní šikany. Praha: Karolinum. 2021.
  • Čábalová, Dagmar. Pedagogika. Grada, Praha, 2011.
  • Havlík, R., Koťa, J. Sociologie výchovy a školy.. Karolinum, Praha, 2002.
  • Helus, Z. Sociální psychologie pro pedagogy. Grada, Praha, 2007.
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  • Kraus, B., Poláčková, V.a kol. Člověk-prostředí-výchova. Paido, Brno, 2001.
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Study plans that include the course
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