FVP:UPPVMK036 Sociology of Childhood and of - Course Information

UPPVMK036 Sociology of Childhood and of the Child

Extent and Intensity

6/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. 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

Fri 27. 11. 8:55–13:50 C206

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)

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

• Special Education (programme FVP, SPEP)

Course objectives

The course provides knowledge in the discipline of sociology of childhood and child. It delineates the social perspective on the issue of education, social functions of education, and on subjects and objects of education from the sociological point of view. It focuses on the social determinants which play key roles in shaping the individual. Furthermore, the course provides theoretical insight into family education, family relationships, family functioning and to problems occurring in the family, as well as in other educational environments.

Learning outcomes

Professional knowledge:
- Students are familiar with the basic terminology used in the discipline.
- Students acquire knowledge of the definition of the discipline of upbringing, education and related disciplines.
- Students obtain knowledge of sociological approaches to the interpretation of the influence of family background.
- Students are familiar with societal context in the discipline of education.
- Students obtain knowledge of psychosocial influences on the development of a child.
- Students gain knowledge of the functions of family and marriage and of the objectives of family upbringing.
Professional skills:

- Students can describe relations to the issues of negative phenomena and their influence in the family and at school.
- Students can describe turning points in life stages of human beings and his socialization.
- Students can describe the typology of educational environments affecting the development of a child.
- Students will obtain knowledge of socialization of pupils in the school environment, enumeration of school functions.,p>
General qualification:
- Students acquire the skills to write conspecti of expert sources from specified thematically linked literature.

Syllabus

• 1. Definition of sociology of childhood and child and its interdisciplinarity.
• 2. Family, typology, models, family patterns and communication systems.
• 3. Demographic characteristics of families, of their forms and modalities.
• 4. Family effects, styles and models in the context of intergenerational learning.
• 5. Social exclusion, socially excluded families and their causal factors.
• 6. Syndromes deriving from the incorrect family influence.
• 7. Social deviance and social pathology in family patterns.
• 8. Typology of non-family educational environments and their interaconnectedness with the family and school.
• 9. Institutional education and institutional care.
• 10. Vulnerable children and system of care of them.
• 11. Interethnic families, identity and identification, family affiliation.
• 12. Ethnically different children in the Czech school system.

Literature

required literature
• JANÁK, D. 2018. Tři tradice sociologie venkova v počátcích sociologie vybraných zemí střední Evropy. Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review. Vol. 50, no. 2 (2018), p. 149-171.
• JANÁK, D., J. ŠTREIT a kolektiv. 2017. Romové obrazem. Příspěvek ke zkoumání sociálních reprezentací Romů v české společnosti. Opava: Slezská univerzita. 138 s., ISBN: 978-80-7510-266-9.
• KALEJA, M. Determinanty edukace sociálně vyloučených žáků základních škol z pohledu speciální pedagogiky. Ostrava: PdF OU, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-544-0.
• KALEJA, M., ZEZULKOVÁ, E. The Context of Special Educational Needs of Selected Pupils in Primary Education. Ostrava: Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7464-171-8.
• RABUŠICOVÁ, M., KAMANOVÁ, L., PEVNÁ, K. O mezigeneračním učení. Brno: MU, 2011. ISBN 978-80-210-5750-0.
• ŠEĎOVÁ, K., ŠVAŘÍČEK, R., ŠALAMOUNOVÁ, Z. Komunikace ve školní třídě. Praha: Portál, 2012. ISBN 978-80-262-0085-7.

recommended literature
• JANÁK, D. Počátky teoretické sociologie v českých zemích. Text věnovaný památce prof. M. Petruska. Sociológia- Slovak Sociological Review. 2013, roč. 45, č. 4. ISSN 0049-1225.
• JANÁK, D., STANOEV, M. a kol. Rozšířit řečiště hlavního vzdělávacího proudu; Sociální inkluze žáků a transformace vzdělávacího systému v Krnově a v Sokolově. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-157-0.
• KALEJA, M. Edukace sociálně vyloučených romských žáků v základním vzdělávání. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-693-5.
• KALEJA, M. Speciálněpedagogické aspekty ve vzdělávání sociálně vyloučených žáků. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464636-2.
• KRAUS, B. Společnost, rodina a sociální deviace. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2015. ISBN
• MATOUŠEK, O., PAZLAROVÁ, H. Hodnocení ohroženého dítěte a rodiny. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-739-8.

not specified
• HAMPLOVÁ, D., ŠALAMOUNOVÁ, P., ŠAMANOVÁ, G. (Eds.) Životní cyklus: sociologické a demografické perspektivy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2006. 307 s. ISBN 8073300826.
• KALEJA, M. (Ne)připravený pedagog a žák z prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: CEV, FVP Slezské univerzity v Opavě, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-160-0.
• KALEJA, M. a kol. Etnografie školy jako edukační realita současnosti. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik, Slezská univerzita v Opavě. ISBN 978-80-7510-167-9.
• SIROVÁTKA, T., HORA, O. Rodina, děti a zaměstnání v české společnosti. Brno/Boskovice: František Šalé - Albert, 2008. 328 s. ISBN 978-80-7326-140-5.
• FAWCETT, Mary. Learning Through Child Observation, Third Edition. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. ISBN 9781849056472.
• KALEJA, Martin. Sociologie dětství a dítěte. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2019. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě.

Assessment methods

written test of knowledge according to the evaluation indicators

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Personal contact during instruction, consultation hours. During their studies, students use the study material to elaborate selected correspondence assignments. At the same time, students demonstrate knowledge of compulsory literature and of the in-person lectures. Students will be able to continuously consult the topics studied individually via e-mail, or in individual or team consultations upon request. The course has an LMS course which is used for electronic communication with the instructor and among students.

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