Course: Perspectives on Social Integration

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Course title Perspectives on Social Integration
Course code KSA/PSZA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Navrátil Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Clarifying the social phenomenon of social exclusion, introduction to basic concepts. 2. Socially excluded localities in the Czech Republic. 3. Specific features of life in socially excluded localities. 4. The failure of Roma children in the Czech educational system, its various descriptions and development. 5. Segregation and integration practice at Czech schools. 6. Risks and disadvantages in choosing a career. 7. Roma on the Czech labor market. 8. Possibility of application of the Roma in the housing market in the country. 9. The position of the Roma in the Czech Republic and the political practice. 10. Roma in the Czech Republic and practice of media.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on issues of social exclusion and social inclusion, particularly in relation to socially excluded Roma localities. His task will be gradual clarification of basic concepts such as social exclusion, poverty, explication of the relationship between anthropology and the possibilities of social integration. A substantial part of the course will form analysis of integration tools within the different areas of social life. Key themes will be Roma in our education system, the Roma in the labor market, the Roma in relation to housing. Within these topics will be presented the basic mechanisms of segregation or autesegregation, social debate on the topic and circuits implemented solutions.
After successful completion of the course the student will be able to adequately use the terminology that binds the issue of social exclusion; distinguish socially excluded localities in terms of their size, location, state, in terms of different aspects of social exclusion of their inhabitants; describe the situation of socially excluded Roma in the education system, the application of Roma in the labor market and the housing market; recapitulate the sum of tools to improve the situation.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Gabal Analysis and consulting:. Analýza sociálně vyloučených romských lokalit a absorpční kapacity subjektů působících v této oblasti. Praha 2006..
  • GabalAnalysis and consulting:. Vzdělanostní dráhy romských žákyň a žáků v okolí sociálně vyloučených romských lokalit. Praha 2009..
  • HIRT, Tomáš, JAKOUBEK, Marek:. "Romové" v osidlech sociálního vyloučení. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2002..
  • Jára, M. (ed.). Sociální diskriminace pod lupou. Metodika identifikace diskriminačního jednání a doprovodných negativních jevů v bydlení a zaměstnávání. Otevřená společnost, o.p.s., 2006..
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš (ed.):. Sociální exkluze a sociálkní inkluze menšina amarginalizovaných skupin. Brno: MU v Brně, Nakladatelství Georgetown, 2004..
  • Šotola, J. a kol. Systémová spojení. Spolupráce jako nástroj překonávání důsledků sociálního znevýhodnění ve vzdělávání. Praha: Člověk v tísni, 2012..
  • Veselý, A., Nekola, M. (eds.). (2007). Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik. Přístupy, metody a praxe.. Praha: SLON.
  • VÍŠEK, Petr:. Romové ve městě. Praha: Socioklub, 2002..


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