Course: Social politics and human development

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Course title Social politics and human development
Course code KSS/SPL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Behůn Roman, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the theory of social policy 2. Creation and implementation of social policy 3. The meaning and purpose of modern social policy 4. Fields of social policy and their specifications 5. Well-being and quality of life as a social policy concept 6. Deinstitutionalization of institutional care and its examples 7. Empirical analysis of community living of people in institutional care 8. Capability approach and real human opportunities 9. Methodology for the quality of life measuring 10. Issues and trends of social policy 11. Analysis of examples of local social policies 12. Presentations of social issues with proposals for solutions I. 13. Presentations of social issues with proposals for solutions II.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 21 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain basic concepts used in the social sciences.
to know basic information about the political structure of the Czech Republic.
Skills
to meaningfully use professional terms associated with the social sciences.
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
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
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.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Textual studies
Skills
Seminar
Individual study
Discussion
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Continuous assessment
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Competences
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Krebs, Vojtěch. Sociální politika. Praha : Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7357-585-4.
  • Nussbaum, Martha Craven,; Sen, Amartya Kumar. The Quality of life. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993. ISBN 0-19-828797-1.
  • Potůček, Martin. Sociální politika. Praha : Slon, 1995. ISBN 80-85850-01-X.
  • ŘEZÁČ, Karel. Potencialita dětí v náhradní rodinné péči: .. od očekávání k autonomii. Plzeň, 2022. ISBN 978-80-261-1073-6.
  • Sen, Amartya Kumar. Development as freedom / Amartya Sen. New York : Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN 0-385-72027-0.
  • Tomeš, Igor. Obory sociální politiky. Praha : Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-868-5.


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