SOk431 Theoretical Concepts of Social Education I

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kaplánek, Th.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Kovářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbara Strobachová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Kurowski, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOk431/01: Fri 3. 11. 9:00–12:50 učebna 39, Fri 24. 11. 9:00–12:50 učebna 12, Sat 9. 12. 9:00–12:50 učebna 39, M. Kaplánek, B. Strobachová
Prerequisites
For social pedagogy there is an essential relationship between personal and social identity. In the process of building a personal identity, it appears that there is no clear boundary between personal and collective identity, these boundaries are flexible and permeable. From the first social dyad (mother-child), first separates the identity “I” and then gradually forms the identity “we” in the context of social groups. This puts great demands on building of a balanced and active relationship between individuals and society. Historical examples illustrate how it was shaped and strengthened group identity. Historically, this shaping has always been always happening in relation to group exclusion. It is necessary to get acquainted with the concept of social group and to learn the internal group processes involved. In the virtual world, the character and dynamics of the social group change all the time. It is important, therefore, to understand the impact of the group on behavior of individuals as well as how each member of the group contributes to the group formation. At the same time, what changes in this relationship brings the virtual space.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main aim of the subject is to understand the problems of social pedagogy through the formation of identity and relationships between personal and group identity.
Learning outcomes
● understanding the relationship between personal and collective identity;
● learn the basic principles of role theory and their functioning in building identities;
● get to know the term “social group”;
● identify the internal group processes;
● realize the impact of the group on individuals as well as how each member of the group contributes to the group formation;
● recognize the role that one can play in different social groups;
Syllabus
  • 1.The importance of identity for social pedagogy;
  • 2.Role theory (Mead, Berger);
  • 3.Children and youth - issues and definition of "youth";
  • 4.The concept of "open youth work", the possibility of applying this concept in the system of education and social work in the Czech Republic (open clubs, NZDM, Salesian centers);
  • 5.Practical examples of self-awareness, what role one usually plays within a group;
  • 6. Role as a person's position in a group - different concepts of group roles and their comparison; practical examples and self-experience;
  • 7. Group processes and the influence of the group on individuals (and back) – social facilitation and inhibition; social idleness; group polarization; group thinking (groupthink);
  • 8. Methods of open work with children and youth: work with social space, socio-cultural animation, educational animation, social and educational accompaniment (informal education)
  • 8. Methods of open work with children and youth: work with social space, socio-cultural animation, educational animation, social and educational accompaniment (informal education)
  • 9.The most famous social experiments, their meaning and consequences - social conformity (S. Asch); obedience to authority (S. Milgram); deindividuation (P. Zimbardo).
Literature
  • MEAD, George Herbert. Mysl, já a společnost. Edited by Ondřej Fafejta - Roman Madzia. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2017, 247 stran. ISBN 9788026211808. info
  • ŠÍP, Radim. Identita: Od pevných forem k poli napětí a kontinuity (Identity: From firm forms to the field of tensions and continuity). In Identita v sociálně pedagogickém výzkumu: pole napětí, změn a začlenění. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, p. 13-26. Sociálně pedagogický výzkum. ISBN 978-80-210-5761-6. info
  • HAYES, Nicky. Základy sociální psychologie. Translated by Irena Štěpaníková. Vyd. 5. Praha: Portál, 2009, 166 s. ISBN 9788073676391. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. Pozvání do sociologie : humanistická perspektiva. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 3. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007, 194 s. ISBN 9788087029107. info
  • ZIMBARDO, Philip G. Moc a zlo : sociálně psychologický pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala - Martina Klicperová-Baker. Praha: Moraviapress, 2005, 199 s. ISBN 8086181804. info
Teaching methods
kooperative workshop
Assessment methods
final project, test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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