PGK33B63 Small social groups

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with an interdisciplinary and multiparadigmatic explanation of processes within the small social group. There are discussed terminological differences. The course is focused on empirical results of the research of small social group in few past decades. At the end of the course students should be able to: interpret group processes within the frameworks of key theories; understand group dynamics and phases of group dynamics; apply the knowledge on small social groups in educational practice.
Syllabus
  • Person as social being.
  • Social group, small social group, fuzzy definition of small social groups.
  • Social group and theory of social support.
  • Group performance.
  • Time, topography and structure of social group.
  • Social construction of group reality.
  • The role of social group in life cycle.
  • Empirical research on social group.
  • Classroom as a social entity or social group.
  • School climate, classroom climate, school culture, classroom culture.
  • Pedagogical interaction in social groups, teacher, styles of leadership. Power and authority.
Literature
  • ARROW, Holly, Joseph E. MCGRATH and Jennifer L. BERDAHL. Small groups as complex systems : formation, coordination, development, and adaptation. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2000, viii, 336. ISBN 0-8039-7230-X. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
  • Základy sociální psychologie. Edited by Nicky Hayesová - Irena Štěpaníková. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1998, 165 s. ISBN 80-7178-198-3. info
  • KOUKOLÍK, František and Jana DRTILOVÁ. Vzpoura deprivantů :o špatných lidech, skupinové hlouposti a uchvácené moci. Praha: Makropulos, 1996, 303 s. ISBN 80-901776-8-9. info
  • MAREŠ, Jiří and Jaro KŘIVOHLAVÝ. Komunikace ve škole. Vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 210 stran. ISBN 8021010703. info
  • PELIKÁN, Jiří. Výchova jako teoretický problém. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Amosium servis, 1995, 234 s. ISBN 80-85498-27-8. info
  • CANGELOSI, James S. Strategie řízení třídy :jak získat a udržet spolupráci žáků při výuce. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 1994, 289 s. ISBN 80-7178-014-6. info
  • ADAIR, John. Vytváření efektivních týmů. Translated by Martin Rozsíval. 1. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 1994, 199 s. ISBN 80-85603-70-5. info
  • ALAN, Josef. Etapy života očima sociologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1989, 439 s. ISBN 8070380446. URL info
  • KRECH, David, Richard S. CRUTCHFIELD and Egerton L. BALLACHEY. Človek v spoločnosti : základy sociálnej psychológie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Vydavatel'stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1968, 629 s. info
  • MATEJKO, Aleksander. Nástin sociologie práce. 1. vyd. Praha: Práce, 1967, 213 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Lectures, discussions, group projects. Final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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