SOk431 Theoretical Concepts of Social Education I

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
For social pedagogy there is an essential relationship between personal and social identity. In the process of building a personal identity, it appears that there is no clear boundary between personal and collective identity, these boundaries are flexible and permeable. From the first social dyad (mother-child), first separates the identity “I” and then gradually forms the identity “we” in the context of social groups. This puts great demands on building of a balanced and active relationship between individuals and society. Historical examples illustrate how it was shaped and strengthened group identity. Historically, this shaping has always been always happening in relation to group exclusion. It is necessary to get acquainted with the concept of social group and to learn the internal group processes involved. In the virtual world, the character and dynamics of the social group change all the time. It is important, therefore, to understand the impact of the group on behavior of individuals as well as how each member of the group contributes to the group formation. At the same time, what changes in this relationship brings the virtual space.
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 main aim of the subject is to understand the problems of social pedagogy through the formation of identity and relationships between personal and group identity.
Learning outcomes
● understanding the relationship between personal and collective identity;
● learn the basic principles of role theory and their functioning in building identities;
● get to know the term “social group”;
● identify the internal group processes;
● realize the impact of the group on individuals as well as how each member of the group contributes to the group formation;
● recognize the role that one can play in different social groups;
Syllabus
  • 1.The importance of identity for social pedagogy;
  • 2.Role theory (Mead, Berger);
  • 3.The relationship between society and individuals, social homogeneity and otherness;
  • 4. The emergence of modern racism and nationalism;
  • 5.Practical examples of self-awareness, what role one usually plays within a group;
  • 6.Theory and different concepts of group roles - what is beneficial and what is limiting (eg Belbin, Zaborowski, Alfa);
  • 7.Group processes, influence of a group on individuals (and vice versa) - social facilitation, social loafing, group polarization, groupthink, social conformity;
  • 8.Social networks as a connection between real and virtual world - issues of social support in self-help virtual groups, language changes in the context of social networks;
  • 9.Experiments in which the previously mentioned processes were investigated (Asch, Milgram, Zimbardo) - impacts, sequels to the contemporary society
Literature
  • MEAD, George Herbert. Mysl, já a společnost. Edited by Ondřej Fafejta - Roman Madzia. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 247 stran. ISBN 9788026211808. info
  • ŠÍP, Radim. Identita: Od pevných forem k poli napětí a kontinuity (Identity: From firm forms to the field of tensions and continuity). In Identita v sociálně pedagogickém výzkumu: pole napětí, změn a začlenění. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, p. 13-26. Sociálně pedagogický výzkum. ISBN 978-80-210-5761-6. info
  • HAYES, Nicky. Základy sociální psychologie. Translated by Irena Štěpaníková. Vyd. 5. Praha: Portál, 2009, 166 s. ISBN 9788073676391. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. Pozvání do sociologie : humanistická perspektiva. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 3. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007, 194 s. ISBN 9788087029107. info
  • ZIMBARDO, Philip G. Moc a zlo : sociálně psychologický pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala - Martina Klicperová-Baker. Praha: Moraviapress, 2005, 199 s. ISBN 8086181804. info
Teaching methods
kooperative workshop
Assessment methods
final project, test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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