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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Conditions and goals of the course 2. Discussion of the background of the creation and implementation of social policy 3. Reflection of examples of social policy concepts 4. Practical impacts of social policy 5. Importance of well-being and quality of life 6. Analysis of the transformation of the systems of care for vulnerable children and persons with disabilities 7. Practical training in research skills (EMACR method) 8. Practical training in research skills (measuring real human opportunities) 9. Dilemmas of researching the quality of life and human development 10. Discussion of the development of current issues and trends of social policy 11. Reflection of specific examples of local social policies 12. Searching for solutions of selected specific issues of social policy I. 13. Searching for solutions of selected specific issues of social policy II.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 6 hours per semester
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 20 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic concepts used in the social sciences. |
| to know basic information about the political structure of the Czech Republic. |
| Skills |
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| to meaningfully use professional terms associated with the social sciences. |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to recognize terms of the general theory of social policy. |
| to be aware of the creation and implementation of processes associated with social policy. |
| to understand the meaning and purpose of social policy in the context of related topics. |
| to define the specific fields of social policies. |
| to be aware of research methods focusing on the field of human development and quality of life. |
| to understand the nature of local and national social problems. |
| Skills |
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| to clarify the topics of social policy and human development. |
| to using the principle and meaning of the importance of human development, the quality of human life, and well-being. |
| to analyzing social issues and their solutions on a local and national scale. |
| to present and defend the proposal of a sub-strategy of social policy. |
| to design and implement basic research in quality of life. |
| to critically reflect on the topics related to the social policy. |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
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| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Discussion |
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| Discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Krebs, Vojtěch. Sociální politika. Praha : Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7357-585-4.
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Nussbaum, Martha Craven,; Sen, Amartya Kumar. The Quality of life. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993. ISBN 0-19-828797-1.
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Potůček, Martin. Sociální politika. Praha : Slon, 1995. ISBN 80-85850-01-X.
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ŘEZÁČ, Karel. Potencialita dětí v náhradní rodinné péči: .. od očekávání k autonomii. Plzeň, 2022. ISBN 978-80-261-1073-6.
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Sen, Amartya Kumar. Development as freedom / Amartya Sen. New York : Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN 0-385-72027-0.
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Tomeš, Igor. Obory sociální politiky. Praha : Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-868-5.
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