SPRb7709 Social Issues of Minorities

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021

The course is not taught in Spring 2021

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Horová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Imrich Vašečka, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
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 aim of the course is to offer students knowledge how to assess proper interventions into the sphere of coexistence and integration of minorities in the Czech republic. Students will learn about the history and current situation of minorities in the Czech republic. They will also obtain knowledge of theoretical concepts and ingoing interventions.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students acquire knowledge on how to assess and infer correct interventions in the sphere of coexistence and integration of minorities in the Czech Republic;
- to reflect the issue of minorities and migration in the context of the policy of social inclusion, integration and cohesion of society in the Czech Republic and the EU.
Syllabus
  • 1. The term „minority“ - definitions, typologies
  • 2. Selected national and ethnic minorities in the Czech republic
  • 3. Heterogeneity of society and its social cohesion
  • 4. Identity
  • 5. Tolerance and intolerance
  • 6. Coexistence of people in multi-ethnical and multi-cultural society
  • 7. Integration of minorities
  • 8. Approaches to the work with minorities
  • 9. Interventions into the minority issues in the sphere of social policy and social work
  • 10. Interventions into the minority issues in the sphere of legal protection
  • 11. Interventions into the minority issues in the sphere of education and culture
  • 12. Interventions into the minority issues in the political sphere
Literature
    required literature
  • Tajfel, H., 1995. Sociálna psychológia menšín. Bratislava: Minority Rights Group.
  • Skutnabb-Kangas Tove, 1995. Jazyk, gramotnosť a menšiny. Bratislava: MRG – Slovakia.
  • Allport, G. W. 2004. O povaze předsudků. Praha: Prostor.
  • 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, vol. 2000, No 5, p. 127-163. ISSN 1212-365X. 2000. info
  • Goffman, E., 2003. Stigma. Poznámky o způsobech zvládání narušené identity. Praha:
    recommended literature
  • VAŠEČKA, Imrich. Stratégie a politiky územných samospráv pri riešení problému sociálne vylúčených rómskych zoskupení v ČR (Strategies and the policies of local self-governments on the way of solution of problem of social exclusion Roma communities in the Czech Republic). In Kvalita života v stratégiách sociálnej práce vo vzťahu k marginalizovaným skupinám. Prešov: Košický samosprávny kraj a Katedra sociálnej práce, Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity. p. 48-55, 7 pp. ISBN 978-80-969932-0-8. 2008. info
  • Zimbardo, P., 2017. Luciferův efekt. Jak se z dobrých lidí stávají lidé zlí. Academie.
  • Mucha, J., 1998. Kultúrne menšiny v Poľsku a ich vízie dominujúcej kultúry. Pp.156-157,
  • Girard, R., 1997. Obětní beránek. Praha: NLN. ss. 19 - 30.
Teaching methods
Literature and tasks imposed on the students
Prezentations of the tasks on the seminar, discussion
Feedback on seminar paper
Assessment methods
Class discussion (debating)
Control of home tasks for each seminar assessment of seminar paper
Exam – written test, discussion on seminar paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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