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Lecturer(s)
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Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kudrnová Ivana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Alternative traditions in social work and their relation to traditional social work; social work and ideology. 2. Community social work - definitions and assumptions (the concept of community and its reflection), aims. 3. Methods and models of community social work (participation, community development, community planning, community organization, social action). 4. Critical and radical social work - definitions, development, traditions and authors. 5. Aims of critical social work - social change, social justice, solidarity, empowerment. 6. Methods of critical social work - critical case management, advocacy, empowerment. 7. Anti-opressive approach, culture of silence, intersectional theory. 8. Critical social work and its approach to minorities and homeless persons (self-help groups, Housing First). 9. Critical social work, drug users and sex workers (Harm Reduction). 10. Critical social work with seniors and disabled persons (critical gerontology, social inclusion). 11. Extensions of social wok (social work in the context of a society, social work and public policy, social work and public space, social work and the academy, social work and media). 12. Social work and engagement (examples, limits, dilemmas).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Individual study
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 15 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| define and describe basic terminology of social and humanistic science in the extent of secondary school curriculum |
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| present the results of their own work |
| reflect critically and understand on academic text in Czech language |
| use electronic information resources |
| understand on social a humanist academic text and discuss about their content |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| define historical development of community work and critical social work |
| define basic topics of critical social work and community work |
| explain principles of community work and critical social work |
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| apply community work and critical social work methods in practice |
| reflect critically on ideological themes of various conception of social work |
| discuss questions connected with social work overlap direct to another spheres of complex society |
| compare classical conception of social work with alternative and critical currents in social work |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Task-based study method |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Interactive lecture |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Task-based study method |
| Individual study |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Test |
| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Adams, Robert. Social Work and Empowerment. London Macmillan, 1996.
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Ferguson, I. Lavalette, M. Critical and radical social work: an introduction. Critical and Radical Social Work, vol. 1. no. 1. The Policy Press, 2013.
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Fook, Jan, Bob Pease (eds.). Transforming Social Work Practice. Postmodern Critical Perspectives. London: Routledge, 1999.
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June, Allan - Pease, Bob - Briskman, Linda. Critical Social Work: An Introduction to Theories and Practices. Allen and Unwyn, 2003. ISBN 9781865089072.
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Ledwith, M. Community development. A critical approach. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2011.
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Lundy, Colleen. Social Work, Social Justice a Human Rights: A Structual Approach to Practice. University of Toronto Press, 2011. ISBN 9788024633909.
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Navrátil Pavel. Sociální práce jako sociální konstrukce. In: Sociologický časopis, 1998, Vol 34 (No. 1:37-50). 1998.
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Šťastná, Jaroslava. Když se řekne komunitní práce. Vydání první. 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3356-5.
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Thompson, N. Anti-Discriminatory Practice: Equality, Diversity and Social Juctice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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