PdF:PDR_SOP Social pedagogy - Course Information

PDR_SOP Social pedagogy

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011

Extent and Intensity

0/0/10. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

The objective of the course is that the students understand the subject of social pedagogy and social aspects of education in a broader context.

Syllabus

Topics The character of the current consensus societies, open civil society as heading towards a social balance.The role of social balance mechanisms for sustaining social homeostasis (list). Current problems of consumption and permanent growth. The specific position of education in this set of mechanisms in relation to production. Postmodern view of the world, society and human relationships. Social pedagogy as a specific agent acting in social balance and diversity of its understanding hitherto – how it is related to the industrial society and charitativeness and socialness. Pestalozzi and the theory of social circles: family – municipality and an analogy with family – firm – state, - the dominant of social perspective and movement in the 19th century: P. Natorp and his broad conception of social pedagogy (Platon), T. G. Masaryk and a social issue. 20th century: from pseudocollective to social conceptions of George H. Meada v USA, Sorokin to Lipovetsky at the turn of the century. Broadening of the concept of social pedagogy: a) primary conception- education to social objectives (influence on social system items), b) secondary conception - prevention, i.e. Prevention of social deviations, c) tercial conception - prevention, isolation and punishments as the last possibilities (common field with a branch dealing with problematic children in a moral aspect - and penitentiary activities).

Literature

BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Globalizace : důsledky pro člověka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1999, 157 s. ISBN 8020408177. info

Teaching methods

customized study plan, discussion

Assessment methods

oral examination, essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.