Course: Social Work with Minorities, Foreigners and Refugees

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Course title Social Work with Minorities, Foreigners and Refugees
Course code KPZ/P5SPM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Maximov Dominik, Mgr.
Course content
Basic concepts in the issues of minorities and migrants. Migration in a historical and contemporary context. The status and rights of national and ethnic minorities, the legislative framework. Ethnic and national minorities on the territory of the Czech Republic - historical development, current status, demographic profile. Actors in the field of social work with minorities and migrants in the Czech Republic. Bases of social work with minorities and migrants. Basic dilemmas. The assumptions and competencies of a social worker in the field of minorities and migrants. Xenophobia, racial and ethnic prejudice, nationalism, chauvinism, egocentrism. Extremist movements in the Czech Republic. Multiculturalism. Cultural and language barriers when working with foreigners and minorities. Asylum situation in the Czech Republic. Culture chock.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim is to acquaint students with the issues of minorities and migrants and the relevant concepts related to the topic. For example, the attention is paid to the coexistence of majorities with minorities, the issue of social exclusion, working with the concepts of prejudice, discrimination, racism, ethnocentrism, etc.
The student has the basic knowledge about the national minorities and ethnic groups living in the Czech Republic and he/ she knows some of the approaches and methods of social work with members of minorities.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The fulfilment of compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Credit assignment processing. Written test or oral exam fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • BĚLOHRADSKÝ, V. Společnost nevolnosti. Eseje z pozdější doby. Praha, 2007.
  • Hebnar, Jan. Češi a cizinci . Praha: Grada, 2020. ISBN 978-80-271-1027-8.
  • Hricová, Alena. Sociální práce s romskou komunitou. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7394-661-6.
  • HUBINKOVÁ, Z. Multikulturní poradenství na vysokých školách v České republice: sbírka případových studií. Praha: Oeconomica, 2011.
  • KUTNOHORSKÁ, J. Multikulturní ošetřovatelství pro praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2013.
  • Lomová, Olga. Setkávání kultur . Praha: Univerzita Karlova. Filozofická fakulta, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7671-085-6.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Slovník sociální práce. 3. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2016.
  • Matoušek, Oldřich. Strategie a postupy v sociální práci. Praha: Portál, 2022. ISBN 978-80-262-1952-1.
  • PREISSOVÁ, A; CICHÁ, M.; GULOVÁ, L. Jinakost, předsudky, multikulturalismus: možnosti a limity multikulturní výchovy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2012.
  • PRŮCHA, J. Interkulturní psychologie: (sociopsychologické zkoumání kultur, etnik, ras a národů). 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2007.
  • Vacková, Jitka. Sociální determinanty zdraví u cizinců žijících v Jihočeském kraji. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7422-544-4.


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