PB21PA18 Social Work

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dipl.-Theol. Univ. Stanislava Ševčíková, MBA, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Lenka Hloušková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Timetable
Mon 7:30–9:05 J21
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
In the course we shall focus on advanced questions of social work theory. Social work as a profession. The aim of social work. Social work activities. Resources and characteristics of social work. The surveys of aplication of the social work theory in practice. Theories analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction Has the social work its history? Social work and industrial revolution. What is social work? Social work as science and art. Social work as a profession. The aim of social work. Social work activities. Resources and characteristics of social work. Some historical dilemmas of social work. Social work and related branches. 2. Modern Social Work and Theories Three concepts of social work. Czech social work. Characteristics of social work theories. The function of theory in the social work. Kinds of theories in the social work. The surveys of aplication of the social work theory in practice. Theories analysis. 3. Psychodynamic Perspectives Psychoanalysis, The theory of personality. The development of personality. Defence mechanisms. Therapy. The function of psychoanalysis. 4. Humanistic and Existential Perspectives I Existentialist and humanistic concepts of social work in context. The bases of humanistic and existential theory of social work. the clientward oriented approach. Transactional analysis. Thompson: existentialism and social work. 5. Humanistic and Existential Perspectives II: V.E.Frankl Existential analysis. Freedeom and responsibility. The question of the meaning of life. The meaning of life. Values. Noogenic dynamics. The fate. The time. The hardship and death. The refusal of the reductionism. Dimensional ontology. What is a logotherapy? The neccessity of a logotherapy - existencial vacuum. Logotherapy as an art. Logotherapy-religion relationship. The relationship with the client. Specific techniques in logotherapy. 6. Socio-psychilogical and communicative models The theory of roles. Labelling theory. The theory of communication in social work. Strategic therapy. Selected terms of strategic approach. Three ways of solving the problem. 7. Cognitive-behaviouristic Theory Behaviourism theory. Behaviourism techniques. The role of the social worker. Cognitive-behaviouristic concept and social work. 8. Exercise Oriented Approach The phases of the EOA. The techniques used in individual phases. 9. The Social Work with Groups Types and purposes of the groups. The planning of a group. Stadia of the group development. 10. Community Social Work Whatr is a community? The definition of the community work. The aims of the community work. Basic characteristics of community work. The community work approaches and its methods. The phases of the community work. 11. Antioppressive Approaches What is AOA? The minorities in the society. Oppression. Paulo Freire - liberation pedagogy.
Literature
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Úvod do teorií a metod sociální práce (Introduction into Social Work Theory). 1st ed. Brno: Národní centrum pro rodinu, 2000, 67 pp. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Vybrané teorie sociální práce (Selected Theories of Social Work). In MATOUŠEK, Oldřich. Základy sociální práce. 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, p. 183-260. ISBN 80-7178-473-7. info
  • MUSIL, Libor and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část I) (Social work with minorities: dilemas and possibilities of their solution (part I)). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1999, vol. 1999, No 5, p. 36-51. info
  • MUSIL, Libor and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s menšinami: dilemata a možnosti jejich řešení (část II) (Social work with minorities: dilemas and possibilities their solution). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1999, vol. 1999, No 6, p. 34-52. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel and Libor MUSIL. Sociální práce s příslušníky menšinových skupin (Social Work with Members of Minority Groups). Sociální studia. Fakulta sociálních studií MU Brno, 2000, vol. 2000, No 5, p. 127-163. ISSN 1212-365X. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Moderní sociální práce a teorie (Modern social work and Theories). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1999, vol. 1999, No 6, p. 25-33. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Existenciální perspektivy v sociální práci (Existential perspective in Social Work). Sociální práce. Brno: NCR, 1998, vol. 1998, No 1, p. 27-38. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. Sociální práce jako sociální konstrukce (Social Work as a Social Construction). Sociologický časopis. Praha: Sociologický ústav AVČR, 1998, vol. 34, No 1, p. 37-50. ISSN 0038-0288. info
Teaching methods
Lecture,seminar
Assessment methods
Lecture, class discussion. Homework. Final written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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