SPP142 Minorities

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Imrich Vašečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vendula Faktorová, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Libor Musil, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 17:00–18:30 U53
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 3 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/3, only registered: 0/3
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
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.
Students will gain knowledge within the sphere of education toward tolerance.
At the same time students will be acquainted with ways how to prevent discrimination against minority members.
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
  • MUSIL, Libor. "Ráda bych Vám pomohla, ale ..." Dilemata práce s klienty v organizacích. ("I would like to help you, but ..." Dilemmas of work with clients in organisations.). Brno: Marek Zeman, 2004, 243 pp. ISBN 80-903070-1-9. 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 and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část II) (Social work with minorities: dilemas and possibilities their solution). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1999, vol. 1999, No 6, p. 34-52. info
  • MUSIL, Libor and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část I) (Social work with minorities: dilemas and possibilities of their solution (part I)). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1999, vol. 1999, No 5, p. 36-51. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel and Libor MUSIL. Sociální práce s příslušníky menšinových skupin (Social Work with Members of Minority Groups). Sociální studia. Fakulta sociálních studií MU Brno, 2000, vol. 2000, No 5, p. 127-163. ISSN 1212-365X. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Romové v české společnosti: Jak se nám spolu žije a jaké má naše soužití vyhlídky (Romany in The Czech Society: How we live together and what will be our future). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2003, 224 pp. Výzkumné zprávy. ISBN 80-7178-741-8. info
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich. Sociálna pomoc a princípy jej poskytovania na úrovni lokálneho spoločenstva (Social Assistence and The Principles of providing on a Local Community Level). In Marginalizované skupiny. Zborník vedeckých štúdií k problematike stratégií vo vzťahu k marginalizovaným skupinám. Košice: Košický samosprávny kraj, 2008, p. 16-22. ISBN 978-80-970001-0-3. info
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich. Stratégie a politiky územných samospráv pri riešení problému sociálne vylúčených rómskych zoskupení v ČR (Strategies and the policies of local self-governments on the way of solution of problem of social exclusion Roma communities in the Czech Republic). In Kvalita života v stratégiách sociálnej práce vo vzťahu k marginalizovaným skupinám. Prešov: Košický samosprávny kraj a Katedra sociálnej práce, Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity, 2008, p. 48-55, 7 pp. ISBN 978-80-969932-0-8. info
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich and Diana NEMETHOVÁ. Výchova k tolerancii v základných školách (metodická príručka) (Education for tolerance). první. Bratislava: ZORA, 2007, 112 pp. ISBN 978-80-969711-8-3. info
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 also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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