Course: Social pathology

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Course title Social pathology
Course code KOS/P2SPL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čermák Zdeněk, PhDr.
Course content
The content of social pathology. Vandalism, criminality, delinquency. Bullying, mobbing, bossing. Domestic violence. Sexual deviation, perversions. Addiction. National minorities. Extremism, racism, interethnic conflicts. Religious sectarianism. Risk behaviour among children and adolescence - truancy. Homelessness. Negative influence in family upbringing and its repercussions. Independent work and presentation on a set topic in the field of social pathology. Visiting a facility and discussion with its workers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the issue of socially pathological phenomena in the society.
Students know the basic terminology of the scientific discipline, bio-psycho-sociological theories of the development of social deviance and their mutual interactions. They are well versed in the issue of specific socially pathological phenomena, that is, in the area of behaviour and conduct disrupting and threating social functioning of individuals, groups, and the society.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Successful completion of written or oral testing according to the decision of the guarantor of the subject.
Recommended literature
  • Fischer, Slavomil. Sociální patologie : analýza příčin a možností ovlivňování závažných sociálně patologických jevů. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2781-3.
  • HRČKA, M. Sociální deviace. Praha: SLON, 2001.
  • KRAUS, B. Sociální patologie. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2007.
  • MATOUŠEK, O.; KOLÁČKOVÁ, J.; KODYMOVÁ, P. Sociální práce v praxi. Praha: Portál, 2010.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Slovník sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2010.
  • MUNKOVÁ, G. Sociální deviace. Praha: Karolinum, 2001.
  • SEKOT, A. Úvod do sociální patologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010.
  • STANKOWSKI, A. Nástin problematiky etopedie a sociální patologie. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2004.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2008.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2013) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2014) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer