SODA013 Social Inclusion and development of management skills of a Social educator

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Soják, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dagmar Heiland Trávníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Michovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is designed as a compulsory optional in the PhD study programme of Social Education.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course objective is to provide PhD students with specific applicable skills and knowledge that relate to educational activities in the context of social inclusion. This offer also includes reflections on theoretical concepts and reflections on social events associated with social inclusion. Part of the content of the curriculum is to improve skills in the field of theater in education, playback of theater or social circus. Within the selected methods of applied drama, PhD students will discuss improvisational techniques, storytelling, facilitation of actors and spectators, analysis of oppression in society or skills in the field of social circus.
Learning outcomes
PhD students will be able to: • define selected activization methods in the context of social inclusion; • apply the creative potential of their Social Circus skills in the reality of social inclusion; • apply the methods of Theatre of the Oppressed to specific educational needs of various target groups; • apply the methods of Playback Theatre to specific educational needs of various target groups; • analyze foreign approaches and trends in the field of social inclusion; • describe specific aspects of organizing work with various target groups; • prepare and run an activization programme for specific target groups.
Syllabus
  • 1. Issues of social inclusion in the educational context. 2. Use of Applied Drama in the HEAT areas (healing, education, activism, theatre). 3. Theatre of the Oppressed in the context of social inclusion. 4. Playback Theatre in the context of social inclusion. 5. Social Circus in the context of social inclusion. 6. Storytelling in the context of Social Education.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Integrating expressive arts and play therapy with children and adolescents. Edited by Eric J. Green - Athena A. Drewes - Andrew Liefer. 1 online r. ISBN 9781118775448. info
  • DROZD, David, Tomáš KAČER and Thomas Donaldson SPARLING. Theatre Theory Reader : Prague School Writings. 1. vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2016, 654 pp. ISBN 978-80-246-3578-1. info
  • SALAS, Jo. Improvising real life : personal story in playback theatre : 20th anniversary edition. Fourth edition. New Paltz, NY: Tusitala, 2013, 178 stran. ISBN 9780964235090. info
  • ALLEN, Rob and Nina KREBS. Dramatic psychological storytelling : using the expressive arts and psychotheatrics. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, x, 254. ISBN 9780230506817. info
  • BENGE, Ken. The art of juggling. Rev. ed. New York: Brian Dubé, 2006, 132 s. ISBN 0917643011. info
  • TAYLOR, Philip. Applied theatre : creating transformative encounters in the community. Edited by Tom Barone. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2003, xxx, 137. ISBN 0325005354. info
Teaching methods
feedback evaluation, group discussion, workshop, supervisory leadership.
Assessment methods
Colloquium, which will be awarded for a self-reflective final report of the PhD student on the educational formation of members of a specific social group. This report serves as a tool for the professional development of social-care workers in the context of social inclusion.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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