SPRb7735 Approaches to Work with Minorities

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Imrich Vašečka, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to highlight various possible, needed, and unwanted interventions into the social situation of minorities.
The course has an ambition to uncover social functioning of minority members and their communities.
At the same time students will be acquainted with ways how to prevent discrimination against minority members.
Learning outcomes
students will be able
to orientate themselves in the problem various possible, needed, and unwanted interventions into the social situation of minorities
and will have knowledge on how to prevent discrimination of members of ethnic and social minorities.
Syllabus
  • Approaches of social workers to a work with minorities
  • Approaches of local administration bodies to minority issues
  • Approaches of the state administration to minority issues
  • How prejudices change into discrimination and violence
  • Tolerance and non-discrimination in the work of a social worker
  • Insight into the basic solutions of discrimination and intolerance
  • Social life and ways of survival of socially excluded Roma communities
  • Terrain social work in socially excluded Roma communities
  • Community social work in socially excluded Roma communities
  • Approaches to a work with seniors
  • Approaches to a work with physically handicapped
Literature
    required literature
  • MUSIL, Libor. "Ráda bych Vám pomohla, ale--" : dilemata práce s klienty v organizacích. Vyd. 1. Brno: Marek Zeman, 2004, 243 s. ISBN 8090307019. info
  • MUSIL, Libor and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s minoritami (Approaches to the Work with minorites). In Základy sociální práce. 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, p. 267-292. ISBN 80-7178-473-7. info
  • MUSIL, Libor a Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část II). Sociální práce, Brno: NCR, 1999, roč. 1999, č. 6, s. 34-52.
  • MUSIL, Libor a Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část I). Sociální práce, Brno: NCR, 1999, roč. 1999, č. 5, s. 36-51.
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel a Libor MUSIL. Sociální práce s příslušníky menšinových skupin. Sociální studia, Fakulta sociálních studií MU Brno, 2000, roč. 2000, č. 5, s. 127-163. ISSN 1212-365X.
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich. Stratégie a politiky územných samospráv pri riešení problému sociálne vylúčených rómskych zoskupení v ČR. In Kvalita života v stratégiách sociálnej práce vo vzťahu k marginalizovaným skupinám. Prešov: Košický samosprávny kraj a Katedra s
    recommended literature
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Romové v české společnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2003, 223 s. ISBN 8071787418. info
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich. Sociálna pomoc a princípy jej poskytovania na úrovni lokálneho spoločenstva. In Marginalizované skupiny. Zborník vedeckých štúdií k problematike stratégií vo vzťahu k marginalizovaným skupinám. Košice: Košický samosprávny kraj, 2008. s.
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich a Diana NEMETHOVÁ. Výchova k tolerancii v základných školách (metodická príručka). první. Bratislava: ZORA, 2007. 112 s. ISBN 978-80-969711-8-3.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Literature and tasks imposed on the students (group projects). Presentations of the tasks on the seminar, discussion. Presentations by professsionals in the sectors.
Assessment methods
Control of home tasks (group project) for each seminar assessment of seminar paper Class discussion (group projects) Exam - final individual project and individual discussion of project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
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