UPPVMP036 Child Sociology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
13/13/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Hozová, MBA, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Mgr. Leona Hozová, MBA, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Jan Viktorin, Ph.D.
Timetable
each even Wednesday 10:35–12:10 C205
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UPPVMP036/A: each even Wednesday 14:45–16:20 C309, L. Hozová
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 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
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 (changes in the family in history).
  • 3. Demographic characteristics of families, of their forms and modalities (classical and modern family theories).
  • 4. Family effects, styles and models in the context of intergenerational learning (Czech family) .
  • 5. Social exclusion, socially excluded families and their causal factors (family as a cornerstone of social inequality).
  • 6. Syndromes deriving from the incorrect family influence (parents, child and socialization in the family).
  • 7. Social deviance and social pathology in family patterns (parents, child and socialization in the family).
  • 8. Typology of non-family educational environments and their interaconnectedness with the family and school (divorce and remarriage).
  • 9. Institutional education and institutional care (child outside the family, the role of school and peer groups in socialization).
  • 10. Vulnerable children and system of care of them (parents, child and socialization in the family).
  • 11. Interethnic families, identity and identification, family affiliation (family as a cornerstone of social inequality).
  • 12. Ethnically different children in the Czech school system.
Literature
    required literature
  • CORSARO, W. A. The sociology of childhood. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018. ISBN 978-1-5063-9073-4.
  • MOŽNÝ, I. Rodina a společnost. Praha: SLON, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86429-87-8.
  • 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, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-157-0.
  • KUCHAŘOVÁ, V., BARVÍKOVÁ, J., HÖHNE, S., NEŠPOROVÁ, O., PALONCYOVÁ, J. a VIDOVIĆOVÁ, L. Zpráva o rodině 2020. Praha: VÚPSV, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7416-379-1.
  • JANÁK, D. Tři tradice sociologie venkova v počátcích sociologie vybraných zemí střední Evropy. Sociológia / Slovak Sociological Review. 2018, roč. 50, č. 2, s. 149 - 171. ISSN 0049-1225.
  • JANÁK, D., SIOSTRZONEK, J., ŠTREIT, J., STANOEV, M., PAVELČÍKOVÁ, N. a PAULÍČEK, M. Romové obrazem: Příspěvek ke zkoumání sociálních reprezentací Romů v české společnosti. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7510-266-9.
    recommended literature
  • JANÁK, D. Kritický realismus revisited: Příspěvek k sociologické koncepci subjektivity. Sociální studia. 2020, roč. 17, č. 1, s. 69-88. ISSN 1214-813X.
  • KAŠPAROVÁ, I. a KLVAŇOVÁ, R. Dítě a dětství: proměnlivá konceptualizace pojmů a její vazby na vzdělávání. Sociológia. 2016, roč. 48, č. 4, s. 377-398. ISSN 0049-1225.
  • KALEJA, M. Edukace sociálně vyloučených romských žáků v základním vzdělávání. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-693-5.
  • KALEJA, M. Speciálněpedagogické aspekty ve vzdělávání sociálně vyloučených žáků. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464636-2.
  • KRAUS, B. Společnost, rodina a sociální deviace. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7435-411-3.
    not specified
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a PAZLAROVÁ, H. Hodnocení ohroženého dítěte a rodiny. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-739-8.
  • HAMPLOVÁ, D., ŠALAMOUNOVÁ, P., ŠAMANOVÁ, G. (Eds.) Životní cyklus: sociologické a demografické perspektivy. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2006. ISBN 80-7330-082-6.
  • KALEJA, M. (Ne)připravený pedagog a žák z prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-160-0.
  • KALEJA, M., ZEZULKOVÁ, E. ADAMUS, P. a MÜHLPACHR, P. Etnografie školy jako edukační realita současnosti. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-167-9.
  • SIROVÁTKA, T. a HORA, O. Rodina, děti a zaměstnání v české společnosti. Brno/Boskovice: František Šalé - Albert, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7326-140-5.
  • FAWCETT, M. a WATSON, D. Learning Through Child Observation. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. ISBN 978-1-84905-647-2.
  • KALEJA, M. Sociologie dětství a dítěte. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
100% attendance at seminars. Processing the assignment and its presentation in the seminar (prerequisite of written credit check). Written test of knowledge according to the evaluation indicators.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Accreditation winter, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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