SOp222 Theories of social pedagogy

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course Analysis of theories of social pedagogy introduces social theories applied to social education phenomena. The basic outline of the course creates the system view of presented theories accompanied by culture social factors, pedagogical conceptions and education theories. The aim is to emphasize the importance of multi-factor approach to social phenomena to describe them as well as to explain it in educational reality but also social educator ´s reality.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to prepare students for the creation of a diploma thesis, especially in the theoretical level. The course is theoretically oriented. The content of the course forms the basis for the final state examination in the field of Pedagogy. The subject is specific in its concept, where it explains the educational reality in the context of the life of socially disadvantaged groups. The starting point of the course is a description of behavioral theories and critical theories.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to: • define basic terminology and topics related to the discipline, • explain specific phenomena and social events in social context, • apply social theories to context of Czech society, • analyse social education phenomena, • suggest solutions to problem cases of social education reality.
Syllabus
  • 1. Position of social science in context of science paradigm (Winch, Fay). Science revolution structure (Kuhn). 2. Social theories and their application in education phenomena. Pedagogy as non-science (Brezinka). Contemporary theory of education (Bertrand). Liessmann´s theory. Post-modern pedagogy. Theory of educational (cultural, social) reproduction, cultural capital, habitus (Bourdieu). 3. Theory of modernity and social system theory (Luhmann). Globalization (Giddens, Beck) and hyperculture (Lipovetsky, Juvin). 4. Constructionism (Gergen), social construction of reality (Berger, Luckmann). Social reserve and distribution, everyday knowledge. 5. Critical theories (Marcuse, Horkheimer), theory of power, institutionalism, oppression and supremacy (Walzer), power and bio power (Foucault), social and critical hermeneutics (Kögler). 6. Poststructuralism (de Saussure), turn to language, dispositive, discourse analysis and archaeology of knowledge (Foucault), speech act theory (Austin, Searle). 7. Social theory of media (Thompson), critical reading, writing, thinking. Theory of mass communication (McQuail). Dimension of social change (Meyrowitz). 8. Post-feminism and theory of performativity (Butler), gender, essentialism, sexual revolution, changes of intimacy. Young´s theory. 9. Theory of social justice (Rawls), theory of equal access and social inequality. Discourse democracy (Habermas). Social exclusion and inclusion. 10. Pragmatism by J. Dewey, pragmatic enactivism by G. H. Mead.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BERTRAND, Yves. Soudobé teorie vzdělávání. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1998, 247 s. ISBN 80-7178-216-5. info
  • BREZINKA, Wolfgang. Východiska k poznání výchovy : úvod k základům vědy o výchově, k filozofii výchovy a k praktické pedagogice. Translated by Alexandr Tuček. 1. vyd. Brno: L. Marek, 2001, 310 s. ISBN 8086263231. info
  • Současná filosofie sociálních věd :multikulturní přístup. Edited by Brian Fay - Jana Ogrocká. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 80-86429-10-5. info
  • FAJKUS, Břetislav. Současná filosofie a metodologie vědy. Vyd. 2. Praha: Filosofia, 2003, 135 s. ISBN 8070071702. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. Edited by Radim Marada, Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 8085959461. info
  • NAGL-DOCEKAL, Herta. Feministická filozofie : výsledky, problémy, perspektivy. Translated by Hana Havelková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2007, 316 s. ISBN 9788086429687. info
  • YOUNG, Iris Marion. Proti útlaku a nadvládě : transnacionální výzvy politické a feministické teorii. Translated by Zuzana Uhde. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, nakladatelství Filosofického ústavu AV ČR, 2010, 256 s. ISBN 9788070073414. info
  • WINCH, Peter. Idea sociální vědy a její vztah k filosofii. Translated by Tomáš Suchomel. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004, 134 s. ISBN 8073250357. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, workshop.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1257
Students have to obtain at least a minimum number of points (ie 14 out of 23 possible points) in the written exam, thus passing the subject at the colloquium level.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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