VS24VK018 Developing multicultural competencies

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
10/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
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 content of the course offers a deeper theoretical background for the solved issues at the plane of the relevant educational level which is related to the current and generally valid social tendencies of the global context.It builds on the knowledge, skills and relevant competences already acquired by completing a bachelor's degree.Its content reflects the variability of multicultural theoretical concepts, including their content and objectives.However, it focuses on attitude constructs, their changes, the factors of these changes and other determinants that enter into communication situations with people from different socio-cultural backgrounds.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge • Having completed the course, students can: describe various concepts and theories of pluralism and multiculturalism, including navigating in basic terminology, critically evaluating the growing cultural diversity and its impact on contemporary societies and individuals, analyzing and evaluating the phenomenon of multiculturalism in domestic, European and world contexts, and interpreting pluralism and multiculturalism against the background of post-modern ethical discourse.They can analyze the key problems of the phenomenon in question from the perspective of nation states and international relations alike, and thus affect their mutual ties and social conditionality.Students know key strategic and conceptual documents guaranteeing institutional stability, democracy in the rule of law and governing respect for human rights and respect for minorities. • Professional Skills • Students can independently find, critically evaluate and sort relevant facts from literary and other sources, they can use recognized methods of the studied field to describe, analyze and evaluate the basic trends of socio-cultural, social and economic development.They can lay out the nature of key societal problems and their impacts on state stability, democracy, human rights, and respect for minorities.They can also independently process critical discourse analysis on a given topic and interpret its factographic framework. • General Qualification • Knowledge of basic problems and social approaches.Having completed the course, students are well versed in the processes of formation of attitudes, stereotypes, and opinions, they can navigate valid strategic and conceptual documents, they know and understand their material relevance.They can apply the acquired knowledge and skills mainly in communication situations in the context of the degree programme studied.
Syllabus
  • 1. Multiculturalism in main and related notions. • 2. The issue of social diversification of minorities.Classification of minorities and their interpretative criteria.Representation of minority cultures in the Czech Republic. • 3. Anthropology of “races”, ethnic and national minorities. • 4. Socio-cultural connection with minorities in the Czech Republic and Europe. • 5. Basic legislative framework of national and transnational level governing minority issues. • 6. Multiculturalism as a pedagogical problem. • 7. Summary of factors creating a multicultural approach in social problems solving • 8. Determinants of xenophobia and racism or how to combat xenophobia and racism effectively. • 9. Overt and covert factors of psychological patterns of stereotypes, prejudices and opinions. • 10. Selected areas of quality of life of minorities and their limits. • 11. Social representation and social identity. • 12. Revision of curriculum.Group discussion and analysis of case reports on “Tolerance of difference”.
Literature
    required literature
  • ERIKSEN, T. H. Antropologie multikulturních společností. Rozumět identitě. Praha: Triton, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7254-925-2
  • HLADÍK, Jakub. Multikulturní kompetence studentů pomáhajících profesí. Zlín: UTB, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7454-426-2.
  • HIRT, T. & JAKOUBEK, M. (Eds.) „Romové“ v osidlech sociálního vyloučení. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2006. ISBN 80-86898-76-8.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea, Martina CICHÁ, a Lenka GULOVÁ. Multikulturalismus: Možnosti a limity multikulturní výchovy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2012. ISBN 978-. 80-244-3287-8.
    recommended literature
  • Martin Kaleja. (Ne)připravený pedagog a žák z prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Fakulta veřejných politik Slezské univerz, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-160-0.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Multikulturalismus – ztracené paradigma? Olomouc: UP, 2014. ISBN 978-80-244-4134-4.
  • GULOVÁ, Lenka. Sociální pedagogika a multikulturní výchova v otázkách. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. 1. vydání.
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, A. Za hranice multikulturalismu. Olomouc: UP, 2016. ISBN 978-80-244-4966-1.
  • Martin Kaleja. Inkluzivní vzdělávání v primární škole se zaměřením na žáky s projevy problémového chování, rizikového chování a projevy poruchy chování. In Adamus, P. a kol. Inkluzivní vzdělávání v kontextu proměn českého školství. Opava: Fakulta veřejný
  • MÁTEL, Andrej and Andrea PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ. Respect for Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Historical Transformations of Social Work Professional Ethics. Caritas et veritas. 2024, vol. 14, No 2, p. 16-33. ISSN 1805-0948. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.32725/cetv.2024.017. URL info
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea and Jana KOČÍ. Škola za války bez války: Organizace školního vzdělávání a mimoškolních aktivit pro dětské válečné uprchlíky z Chorvatska na území České republiky (School during war without war: Organization of school education and extracurricular activities for child war refugees from Croatia in the territory of the Czech Republic). Porta Balkanica. Brno, 2024, vol. 15, 1-2, p. 14-32. ISSN 1804-2449. URL info
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea, Lucie MACKOVÁ and Uljana CHOLODOVÁ. Trauma dětských válečných uprchlíků z Ukrajiny v kontextu vzdělávání (The trauma of child war refugees from Ukraine in the context of education). Studia Paedagogica. 2023, vol. 28, No 1, p. 35-59. ISSN 1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2023-1-2. URL info
  • KOČÍ, Jana, Andrea PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ and Ivo BARTEČEK. Podpora národní identity krajanů v Chorvatsku Československem a Českou republikou pohledem dějin dlouhého času a menšinového školství (Support of the national identity of compatriots in Croatia by Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from the perspective of the history of the long time and minority education). In Stanislav Brouček. Místo a úloha zahraničních Čechů v bilaterálních vztazích. Pelhřimov: Nová tiskárna Pelhřimov, 2021, p. 53-67. ISBN 978-80-7415-225-2. info
  • PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ, Andrea and Jana KOČÍ. Příběh 1340 dětí evakuovaných do České republiky za války v Chorvatsku (1991-1995) (The Story of the 1340 Children Evacuated to the Czech Republic during the War in Croatia (1991-1995)). Slovanský přehled. Praha: Historický ústav Akademie věd ČR, 2020, vol. 106, No 2, p. 281-307. ISSN 0037-6922. info
    not specified
  • MOREE, D. Základy interkulturního soužití. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0915-7.
Teaching methods
Lecture, group teaching, assessment, discussion, project-based learning.
Assessment methods
• Study of recommended literary sources, strategic and conceptual documents, including selected case studies on the subject. The course is completed in a combined form, i.e.:1) by elaborating a critical discourse analysis on a predetermined topic in the range of 5 - 10 standard pages and its presentation, in which the student proves the required knowledge of and orientation in the subject matter, and 2) written verification of knowledge in the form of a final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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