SPRb1142 Minorities

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Baláž, 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
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 U53
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to highlight various possible, needed, and unwanted interventions into the social situation of minorities.
The course has an ambition to uncover social functioning of minority members and their communities.
At the same time students will be acquainted with ways how to prevent discrimination against minority members.
Learning outcomes
students will be able
to orientate themselves in the problem various possible, needed, and unwanted interventions into the social situation of minorities
and will have knowledge on how to prevent discrimination of members of ethnic and social minorities.
Syllabus
  • Minorities, problems and institutionalised solutions
  • Social work with members of minority groups
  • Institutional context of work with members of minority groups
  • Organizational environment of work with members of minority groups
  • Meta-approaches to working with members of minority groups
  • Ideal typical approaches to working with minority groups I.
  • Ideally typical approaches to working with members of minority groups II.
  • Social work with members of the Roma minority
  • Social work with people with disabilities
  • Social work with immigrants
  • Social work with people with alternative lifestyles
Literature
    required literature
  • MUSIL, Libor. "Ráda bych Vám pomohla, ale ..." Dilemata práce s klienty v organizacích. ("I would like to help you, but ..." Dilemmas of work with clients in organisations.). Brno: Marek Zeman, 2004, 243 pp. ISBN 80-903070-1-9. info
  • MUSIL, Libor and Pavel NAVRÁTIL. Přístupy k práci s minoritami (Approaches to the Work with minorites). In Základy sociální práce. 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2001, p. 267-292. ISBN 80-7178-473-7. 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
  • 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
  • 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
Teaching methods
Lectures. Literature and tasks imposed on the students (group projects). Presentations of the tasks on the seminar, discussion. Presentations by professsionals in the sectors.
Assessment methods
Control of home tasks for each seminar assessment of seminar paper Class discussion. Exam - final project and discussion of project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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