SPc818 Support and guidance in pre-vocational and vocational education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Lucie Matoušková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to provide information about work and employment of people with disabilities. The course introduces different points of view on the term work and the changes in the approaches in the integration of people with disabilities. It focuses on the counselling in the process of choosing the future profession and the place of vocational education, possibilities of the support on the transition from school to work and in the employment. Orientation on the needs, possibilities and potential (of person and the labour market) are essential. The students learn the situation of support and guidance of people with disabilities on the way to work in other countries too.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student: • is able to perceive different approaches to the term work (in relation to people with disabilities);
• have a basic overview about Czech and foreign documents including the employment of people with disabilities;
• is oriented in the difference between pre-vocational and vocational counselling of pupils with special needs;
• knows the specific aspects of requirements of the labour market and possibilities of people with disabilities;
• is aware about the situation in the Czech Republic and basic awareness about the situation in other countries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Work versus gainful employment – basic term, human rights, the meaning of work.
  • 2. Work and employment, Czech and foreign documents, changes in the approaches.
  • 3. The world of work in the educational programmes.
  • 4. Pre-vocational counselling.
  • 5. Vocational counselling and education, cooperation with employers.
  • 6. Support on the way to work – profit versus non-profit, transition from school to work, supported employment.
  • 7. Possibilities of work integration of people with disabilities – labour market, work conditions, barriers.
  • 8. Support and guidance of people with disabilities on the way to work in the Czech Republic and abroad.
  • 9. Social Corporate Responsibility (CRS).
  • 10. Social entrepreneurship.
Literature
    required literature
  • PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Lucie. Možnosti pracovního uplatnění lidí s postižením - současné trendy v České republice a v zahraničí (Possibilities of work integration of people with disabilities - current trends in the Czech Republic and foreign countries). Online. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8135-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8135-2015. info
  • OPATŘILOVÁ, Dagmar and Lucie PROCHÁZKOVÁ. Předprofesní a profesní příprava jedinců se zdravotním postižením ((Pre) vocational preparing of individuals with health disabilities). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 159 pp. Odborná kniha. ISBN 978-80-210-5536-0. info
  • ŠIKULOVÁ, Renata, Eva MRÁZOVÁ and Iva WEDLICHOVÁ. Pomáháme žákům s výběrem vzdělávací a profesní dráhy : metodická příručka pro učitele základních škol. Vyd. 1. Most: Hněvín, 2007, 142 s. ISBN 9788086654201. info
  • Souhrnná metodika podporovaného zaměstnávání. (2005). Praha: Rytmus.
  • ŠMAJSOVÁ BUCHTOVÁ, Božena. Nezaměstnanost : psychologický, ekonomický a sociální problém. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2002, 236 s. ISBN 8024790068. info
    recommended literature
  • PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Lucie, Kateřina SAYOUD SOLÁROVÁ, Marie VÍTKOVÁ, Martin VRUBEL, Petr KOPEČNÝ, Lenka DOLEŽALOVÁ and Miroslava BARTOŇOVÁ. Speciální andragogika. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání (Special Andragogy). 1st ed. Brno: Paido, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7315-254-3. info
  • Hrdá, J. a kol. (2007). Zaměstnávání lidi se zdravotním postižením. Praha: JÚŠ.
  • Work and disability : issues and strategies in career development and job placement. Edited by Edna Szymanski - Randall M. Parker. 2nd ed. Austin: PRO-ED, 2003, vii, 480. ISBN 9780890799109. info
  • Teilhabe am Arbeitsleben : Wege der beruflichen Integration von Menschen mit Behinderung. Edited by Rudolf Bieker. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2005, 367 s. ISBN 317018444X. info
  • MURPHY, Robert Francis. Umlčené tělo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001, 188 s. ISBN 80-85850-98-2. info
  • ALLPORT, Gordon Willard. O povaze předsudků. Translated by Eduard Geissler. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2004, 574 s. ISBN 8072601253. info
Teaching methods
lecture, video, self-study of the students
Assessment methods
75 % attendance, seminar thesis, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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