UVSSPUP025 Sociální patologie a prevence

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jitka Skopalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 19. 2. to Sun 14. 4. Mon 8:55–9:40 C207, Mon 15. 4. to Sun 19. 5. Mon 8:55–9:40 C207
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 provide the students with socially-pathological phenomena which occur in society, adoption of elementary concepts of social pathology as a scientific discipline dealing with their study in the field of social deviations also recognition and analysis of causes and consequences in general. The subject reflects nowadays current issues in the area of socially-pathological phenomena of children, adolescents as well as adults. The focus is put on prevention of socially pathological behaviour and acting in all its forms.
Learning outcomes
Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Students can navigate the issues of socially pathological phenomena and subsequent prevention, they can define the basic concepts, identify and analyse the causes and the consequences of these phenomena in General. Professional Skills: Students are well informed on relevant literature, they can work with it and obtain the information needed to the expansion of knowledge on the subject. Based on the interpretation and application of the obtained information, they can link the practice with the theoretical foundation.. General Qualification: Students can use their knowledge of the field of social pathology and prevention in practice, while through this course, they develop critical thinking, autonomy, and cooperation.
Syllabus
  • Interpretation of basic concepts - social pathology, social deviation, social norms, anomie, eufunction and dysfunction. Traditional views on deviant behaviour; types and classification of social deviations; functions of social deviations in society. Normative and reactive concept of social deviation. Biological, psychological and sociological theories of deviant behaviour - the most important representatives and approaches.
Literature
    required literature
  • FISCHER, S., ŠKODA, J. Sociální patologie - Závažné sociálně patologické jevy, příčiny, prevence, možnosti řešení. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5046-0. info
  • Urban, Lukáš, Dubský, Josef a Bajura, Jan. Sociální deviace. 2., rozš. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2012. 231 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-397-1.
    recommended literature
  • JANIŠ, Kamil, Jitka SKOPALOVÁ and Kamil JANIŠ. Slovník vybraných pojmů k oblasti prevence rizikového chování (A glossary of selected concepts in the field of prevention of risk behaviour). 1. vydání. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2017, 144 pp. Fakulta veřejných politik. ISBN 978-80-7510-237-9. info
  • KRAUS, B., HRONCOVÁ, J. a kol. Sociální patológie. Hradec Králové: UHK, 2010. info
  • KRAUS, Blahoslav. Sociální deviace v transformaci společnosti. Hradec Králové, Gaudeamus., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7435-575-2. info
  • GOFFMAN, E. Stigma: poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Praha: Slon, 2003. info
  • SKOPALOVÁ, Jitka and Kamil JANIŠ. Profesní připravenost učitelů základních škol v oblasti řešení rizikového chování a možnosti jeho prevence v Moravskoslezském kraji I PEDAGOGICKÉ ASPEKTY (Professional readiness of primary school teachers in the field of solution of risk behavior and possibilities of its prevention in the Moravian-Silesian Region I PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS). 1st ed. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017, 86 pp. ISBN 978-80-7510-235-5. Výstupy projektu MSK info
Teaching methods
Monological (reading, lecture, briefing) Dialogical
Assessment methods
Exam - written exam from basic literature and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2025.
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