UPPVIP027 History of Social Work

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Ivana Glabazňová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:55–10:30 C208
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the religious, philosophical and ethical basis of social care and the history of social care and social work in the context of social policy in Europe and in the Czech lands and Slovakia. The course follows the development of various forms of social care and social work from antiquity to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and the subsequent genesis and development of social work as a specialized professional field and scientific discipline. This issue is monitored in three interconnected levels, so that after completing the course, the student is familiar with the historical development of ideological aspects and motivations, social care and its organizational forms and content changes of social care and social work.
Learning outcomes
Expertise: Students have an overview of available literature, they can distinguish the main developmental stages of social care and social work, they master contemporary and contemporary terminology. They demonstrate basic knowledge of the development of religious, philosophical and ethical views on the issues of the state and the citizen, charitable activities, social care and social work. They know the various historical forms and methods of assistance, starting with various donations of members of the elites through the creation of formalized assistance to municipalities and organizations to the legally enshrined obligations of the state, municipalities and corporations to citizens and forms of their implementation. They demonstrate an understanding of contemporary concepts of social policy and social care and assistance, from non-specialized satisfaction of diverse needs in traditional society to specialized helping disciplines in modern and postmodern society. Professional skills: Students are able to search for and classify relevant information and process written characteristics about individual stages and forms of social work, can explain their historical conditionality and variability, can capture and interpret the basic differences between historical and modern forms of social care and social work in the context of social development and compare.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study of the history of social work, basic terminology, literature review. 2. Social assistance and care in antiquity: paternalism and philanthropy. 3. The beginnings and development of Christian charity (1st - 10th century). 4. Main forms and methods of social care and mutual solidarity in the 11th - 15th century. 5. Between mercy and repression I. The beginnings of modern social policy and social care in the 16th century. 6. Between mercy and repression II. Social thinking and social care in the 17th and first half of the 18th century. 7. The birth of modern society: changes in social thinking and social policy in the age of revolutions (1760 - 1848). 8. The emergence of modern poor care and practical social work in the first half of the 19th century 9. Formation of modern social philosophy and social policy in the second half of the 19th century 10. Professionalization of social work: new organizational forms, methods and founding personalities (1848 - 1914) 11. Social policy and social work between the two wars: the influence of science and ideology (1918 - 1939). 12. Welfare state and social work in liberal democracies and in Czechoslovakia after World War II (1945 - 1989).
Literature
    required literature
  • • JANÁK, D. – HLAVIENKA, L., Kapitoly z dějin sociální práce. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2020 (300 s. rkp).
  • • KODYMOVÁ, Pavla. Historie české sociální práce v letech 1918-1948. Praha: Karolinum, 2013. 978-80-246-2256-9.
  • • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Základy sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-331-4.
  • • MUSIL, L. Různorodost pojetí nejasná nabídka a kontrola výkonu "sociální práce". In Sociální práce/Sociálna práca, č./roč. 2/2008, s. 60-79. ISSN 1213-6204.
  • • TOMEŠ, I. Úvod do teorie a metodologie sociální politiky. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-680-3.
    recommended literature
  • • LAAN, G. van der. Otázky legitimace sociální práce: (pomoc není zboží). Boskovice: Albert, 1998. ISBN 80-85834-41-3.
  • • MATOUŠEK, O. Slovník sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2003.
  • • MUSIL, L. Tři pohledy na budoucnost sociální práce. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7435-086-3.
  • • RADWAN-PRAGLOWSKI, J. a FRYSZTACKI, K. Społeczne dzieje pomocy człowiekowi: od filantropii Greckiej do pracy socjalnej. Katowice: Śląsk, 1998. ISBN 83-7164-106-0.
  • • WENDT, R. W. Geschichte der Sozialen Arbeit 1. Die Geselschaft vor der Sozialen Frage 1750 – 1900. 6. erweiterte Auflage. Wiesbaden 2016.ISBN 978-3-658-15355-7. – Geschichte der Sozialen Arbeit 2. Die Profession im Wandel ihrer Verhältnisse. 2. erweit
Assessment methods
Exam from PS and KS: cross-sectional verification of the curriculum. The subject of the exam is compulsory literature, the content of lectures and partial study materials assigned to individual topics (material and case studies, Internet materials, etc.). The exam consists of a written test of at least 30 closed questions with 4 possible answers, of which 1 may be correct.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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