UPPVMK037 Multicultural Education

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Andrea Silberová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K) && ROCNIK(1)
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 course is intended to acquaint students with specified terminology related to minority issues. The course objective is introduce the students to their first notion of multiculturalism as an emerging discipline, to provide a comprehensive overview of groups that can be included under the issues of multiculturalism, and also to provide information for (special) pedagogical practice in the context of the orientation of extremist groups, religious movements, the Roma as a nation and other oppressed or disadvantaged groups.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge:
- students have a good command of terminology related to the issues of multiculturalism
- students are well versed in the target groups of the issues
- students know the basic theoretical background of individual target groups
- students can theoretically define basic constructs (e.g. attitude, opinion, relationship, etc.)
Professional Skills:
- students understand, comprehend and perceives the negative impact of extremist, racist, xenophobic and similarly tuned intentions of members of the society
- students can describe the processes of opinion and attitude formation, as well as the factors that affect their change
- students can differentiate their own opinion, attitude and relationship to the given phenomena and circumstances
- they can perceive the issues of minorities more extensively than at the level of themselves, or their own sociocultural background
General Qualification:
- students are well versed in professional sources and can process professional text on the topic critically as well as interpret this text in various modalities; they have relevant argumentative conclusions for them
- students can process an extract of key findings, they can create book conspecti and formulate the main relevant conclusions
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic constructs and the terminological basis.
  • 2. Typology of minority cultures in the Czech context.
  • 3. Target and dominant groups, oppression and its forms.
  • 4. Anti-prejudice education, attitudinal and opinion patterns.
  • 5. Multicultural education in school education.
  • 6. Multicultural educator, personal profile and his competence.
  • 7. Religious groups and their contextual context.
  • 8. Migration as a societal problem.
  • 9. Roma groups and their contextual circumstances.
  • 10. Vietnamese groups and their contextual circumstances.
  • 11. Sexuality and its contextual circumstances.
  • 12. Intact and people with disabilities, disadvantages.
Literature
    required literature
  • GULOVÁ, L. Sociální pedagogika a multikulturní výchova v otázkách. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. ISBN 978-80-2104-724-2.
  • KALEJA, M., ZEZULKOVÁ, E. The Context of Special Educational Needs of Selected Pupils in Primary Education. Ostrava: University of Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7464-171-8.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Multikulturalismus – ztracené paradigma? Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2014. ISBN 978-80-244-4134-4.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Za hranice multikulturalismu. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-4966-1.
  • ŠIŠKOVÁ, T. Výchova k toleranci a proti rasismu. Multikulturní výchova v praxi. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 80-7367-182-4.
    recommended literature
  • CICHÁ, M., MÁČALOVÁ, J., MORAVCOVÁ, B., PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A., PROKEŠ, M., ROUBÍNKOVÁ, M. Romové očima pedagogů základních a středních škol. AntropoWebzin. 2016, č. 1-2, s. 21-30. ISSN 1801-8807.
  • CICHÁ, M., PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Prevention of social problems facing marginalized groups in Czech schools – a starting point to educational social work. Clinical social Work and Health Intervention. 2016, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 28-38. ISSN 2076-9741.
  • KALEJA, M. Edukace sociálně vyloučených romských žáků v základním vzdělávání. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-693-5.
  • KALEJA, M. Multikulturní výchova ve vzdělávání pedagogů základních škol. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-446-7.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A., CICHÁ, M., MÁČALOVÁ, J. Redukcionistické chápání multikulturní výchovy na českých školách. Studia paedagogica. 2016, roč. 21, č. 3, s. 63-79. ISSN 1803-7437.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A., MÁČALOVÁ, J., CICHÁ, M., MORAVCOVÁ, B. Migrace, integrace a česká škola. Paidagogós, roč. 2016, č. 1, s. 70-89. ISSN 1213-3809.
    not specified
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A., CICHÁ, M., GULOVÁ, L. Jinakost, předsudky, multikulturalismus: možnosti a limity multikulturní výchovy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2012. ISBN 978-80-244-3287-8.
  • CARR, S. Supporting Children with Behaviour Issues in the Classroom. David Fulton Publishers, 2017. ISBN 978-1138673830.
  • JIRÁSKOVÁ, V. Multikulturní výchova: předsudky a stereotypy. Praha: Epocha, 2006. ISBN 80-8702-731-0.
  • KALEJA, M. (Ne)připravený pedagog a žák z prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-160-0.
  • KALEJA, M. Determinanty edukace sociálně vyloučených žáků základních škol z pohledu speciální pedagogiky. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-544-0.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Multikulturní výchova. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
Written verification of knowledge according to the evaluation indicators.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Personal contact in teaching, consulting hours. During continuous study, the student uses the study support and processes selected correspondence tasks. Here he will also demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and contact teaching lectures. The student will be able to continuously consult individually studied topics of the subject through e-mail, individual or group consultations.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation summer, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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