SO118 Theoretical Concepts of Social Education I

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Katarína Zvončáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Basics of psychology and sociology I and II, Basics of pedagogy, Personality training 1 and 2
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The subject follows the basics of pedagogy and psychology. Students completing this subject acquire competences for working with a group (knowledge of group dynamics, group roles and the use of this knowledge) and acquire the theoretical basis and basic principles of non-directive pedagogy methods used in open work with youth and in community work. Therefore, this subject is always taught by two experts (from the field of social pedagogy and from the field of psychology).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the development of the group
- identify the different roles in the group
- describe the regularities of group dynamics
- define social groups labeled "youth" and distinguish them from children and adults
- describe the specifics of youth groups at risk of social exclusion
- describe and apply the principles of individual methods of "open work with children and youth"
- recognize and describe the specifics of animation procedures within social pedagogy
Syllabus
  • 1. The concept of "identity", the search for identity in adolescence (Erikson)
  • 2. Children and youth - issues and definition of "youth"
  • 3. The concept of "open youth work", the possibility of applying this concept in the system of education and social work in the Czech Republic (open clubs, NZDM, Salesian centers)
  • 4. Role theory (Mead, Berger)
  • 5. Practical examples related to self-knowledge, what roles I usually play in groups
  • 6. Theories of group roles - in what ways are they beneficial, in what ways are they limiting (e.g. Belbin, Zaborowski, Alfa)
  • 7. Work with social space; informal education
  • 8. Group processes, group influence on individuals (and vice versa) - social facilitation, social laziness, group polarization, group thinking, group conformity
  • 9. Experiments in which the above-mentioned processes were investigated (Asch, Milgram, Zimbardo) - impacts, consequences for contemporary society
  • 10. Working with a group as part of community work: socio-cultural animation
  • 11. Working with a group as part of educational (cultural) animation
  • 12. Personal assumptions of a worker in "open work" (selected principles of educational animation)
Literature
    required literature
  • KAPLÁNEK, Michal. Volný čas a jeho význam ve výchově. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 207 stran. ISBN 9788026212508. info
  • KAPLÁNEK, Michal. Animace: studijní text pro přípravu animátorů mládeže. Praha: Portál, 2013. info
  • MACKŮ, Richard. Informal Education - animace ve výchově nebo sociální práce? (Informal Education - animation in education or social work?). E-Pedagogium. Olomouc: Pedagogická fakulta UP, 2011, vol. 11, I/2011, p. 9-17, 8 pp. ISSN 1213-7758. info
  • MACKŮ, Richard, Michal KAPLÁNEK and Anna DUDOVÁ. Mnohotvarý fenomén animace (Multiform phenomenon of Animation). Pedagogická orientace. Brno: Česká pedagogická společnost, 2011, vol. 21, No 3, p. 284-305, 21 pp. ISSN 1211-4669. info
    recommended literature
  • KAPLÁNEK, Michal, Věra PATOČKOVÁ and Anna DUDOVÁ. Volný čas dětí staršího školního věku (Leisure of Older School-Age Children). České Budějovice: Nakladatelství Jihočeské univerzity, 2022, 173 pp. ISBN 978-80-7394-934-1. URL info
  • ČECH, Tomáš. Animace volného času (Leisure time animation). Kladno: Centrum dalšího rozvoje regionu, 2007, 60 pp. info
    not specified
  • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Sociální psychologie. Vyd. 2., rozš. a přeprac. Praha: Academia, 2009, 498 s. ISBN 9788020016799. info
  • VÝROST, Jozef. Aplikovaná sociální psychologie. Edited by Růžena Komárková - Ivan Slaměník. [Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Středisko pro pomoc studentům se specifickými nároky, 2008, 1 online. URL info
  • Sociální psychologie : moderní učebnice sociální psychologie. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe, Translated by Dagmar Brejlová - Pa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 769 s. ISBN 8073670925. info
Teaching methods
theoretical preparation for group exercise, discussion of literature, group work
Assessment methods
active participation in exercises and final colloquium (examination of theoretical principles)
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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