UPPVMK046 NGO Sector and Volunteering

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šárka Honová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Fabián, PhD.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
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 aim of the course is to acquaint students with non-governmental organizations and volunteering activities within special pedagogy. Students will become familiar with the issues of non-governmental organizations and voluntary activities, their history and development in the world in and in the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on the legislative support in this area. The seminar includes practical training of volunteering in a selected organization with people with special needs.
Learning outcomes
Professional knowledge:
- students know the basic concepts of motor disabilities
- students have basic knowledge of legislative documents (NGOs and volunteering)
- students know the possibilities of volunteering programmes and projects
Professional skills:
- students master strategies of working with volunteers (recruitment and selection of volunteers, motivation)
- students master strategies of working with volunteers (training, supervision)
- students have practical skills in evaluation of volunteering or a volunteer programme
General qualification:
- students can use theoretical knowledge of persons with special needs
- Students can independently coordinate a volunteer project
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic characteristics of NGOs.
  • 2. Typology of NGOs.
  • 3. Basic terminology of volunteering, the definition of volunteering.
  • 4. Types and characteristics of volunteering.
  • 5. The Universal Declaration on Volunteering
  • 6. History and current state of volunteering in the Czech Republic, the Coalition of Volunteer Initiatives in the Czech Republic.
  • 7. The Volunteer Service Act and its application.
  • 8. The Social Services and Volunteering Act.
  • 9. Volunteer programmes - meaning, objectives, scope - demonstration of a model.
  • 10. Volunteering for people with special needs.
  • 11. Strategies of working with volunteers – recruitment and selection of volunteers, motivation.
  • 12. Strategies of working with volunteers - training, supervision.
Literature
    required literature
  • FRIČ, P., POSPÍŠILOVÁ, T. Vzorce a hodnoty dobrovolnictví v české společnosti na začátku 21. století. Praha: Agnes, 2010. ISBN 978-80-903696-8-9.
  • NOVOSAD, L. Poradenství pro osoby se zdravotním a sociálním znevýhodněním. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-509-7.
  • NOVOTNÝ, J., LUKEŠ, M. Faktory úspěchu nestátních neziskových organizací. Praha: Oeconomica, 2008. ISBN 978-80-245-1473-4.
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. Social Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities. Brno: Masaryk University, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-7726-3.
  • TOŠNER, J., SOZANSKÁ, O. Dobrovolníci a metodika práce s nimi v organizacích. Praha: Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-514-8.
    recommended literature
  • BOUKAL, P. Nestátní neziskové organizace: (teorie a praxe). Praha: Oeconomica, 2009. ISBN 978-80-245-1650-9.
  • MAREŠ, J. a kol. Kvalita života u dětí a dospívajících III. Brno: MSD, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7392-076-0.
  • NOVOTNÝ, J. a kol. Ekonomika a řízení neziskových organizací: (zejména nevládních organizací). Praha: Oeconomica, 2004. ISBN 80-245-0792-7.
  • ŠKARABELOVÁ, S. a kol. Když se řekne nezisková organizace. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-210-3031-3.
  • VAĎUROVÁ, H., MÜHLPACHR, P. Kvalita života: teoretická a metodologická východiska. Brno: MSD, 2005. ISBN 80-210-3757-7.
    not specified
  • PIPEKOVÁ, J. ed. Kapitoly ze speciální pedagogiky. Brno: Paido, 2006. ISBN 80-7315-120-0.
  • PLAMÍNEK, J. a kol. Řízení neziskových organizací. Praha: Nadace Lotos, 1996.
  • LOFTIS, S. F. Imagining Autism. Indiana University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0253018007.
  • PILÁT, M. Neziskový sektor a dobrovolnictví. In E-learning kurz pro studenty studijního programu Speciální pedagogika Fakulty veřejných politik v Opavě. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě.
Assessment methods
In order to obtain the credit, the student prepares a presentation of the project proposal for the establishment of a non-profit organization or a project for the creation of a volunteer program, which is sent by the teacher within the given deadline.
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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