Social Pedagogy 2300-J-MWP-PS-W

Social pedagogy, dealing with the relationship human being-environment-education, is to diagnose environmental conditions for both education and development processes, improving the educational intentions of the living environment as well as the organisation of institutions/communities of prevention education and compensation.
Issues to be covered include: selected topics from the history of social pedagogy (the origin, formation and development of the discipline, representatives of social pedagogy) and the main concepts (environment, empowerment, education, prevention, compensation, care, assistance, crisis intervention, social support), the methods of education and social work, the main educational environment: family, school, peers, local environment (structure, function, changes), and selected socio-educational problems of today's world.

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) Pedagogika społeczna, zajmując się relacją człowiek - środowisko -wychowanie ma na celu zarówno diagnozę środowiskowych uwarunkowań procesów wychowania i rozwoju, podnoszenie poziomu intencji wychowawczych w środowisku życia, jak i organizowanie instytucji/środowisk wychowania o charakterze profilaktycznym oraz kompensacyjnym. Do głównych wyzwań dzisiejszej doby, które stoją przed pedagogiką społeczną należy diagnoza, opis i analiza przestrzeni wychowania w sytuacji "płynnej nowoczesności".

Course coordinators

Katarzyna Dworakowska

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes:
Knowledge: Upon completion of the course, the student will have a basic understanding of:
1. social pedagogy, its subject matter, origins and development;
2. the main concepts in social pedagogy;
3. role and responsibilities of social pedagogy in the context of contemporary social transformations (at both local and global levels)
4. the environmental determinants of educational processes for individuals of all ages, including those with disabilities
5. forms of socio-educational work (care, assistance, rescue/crisis intervention, support), along with practical examples of such activities
6. the concept of human agency, the principles of subjectivity and subsidiarity, and their significance for the development of autonomy and personal efficacy.

Skills: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to
1. Explain key concepts of social pedagogy (e.g. educational environment, upbringing, human resources, assistance, care, support, family, local community, peer group, etc.) with reference to selected theoretical approaches.

Assessment criteria

Short written exam covering the content of the lectures.

Bibliography

S. Kawula (red.), Pedagogika społeczna. Dokonania-aktualność-perspektywy, Toruń 2003.
A. Radziewicz-Winnicki, Pedagogika społeczna, Warszawa 2008.
M. Cichosz, Polska pedagogika społeczna w latach 1945 – 2003, T. 1-2; Toruń 2004.
M. Cichosz, Pedagogika społeczna. Zarys problematyki, Kraków 2015.
H. Radlińska, Pedagogika społeczna, Warszawa 1961.
A. Kamiński, Studia i szkice pedagogiczne, Warszawa 1978.
Encyklopedia pedagogiczna XXI w. pod red. T. Pilcha, Warszawa 2009.
T. Pilch, I. Lepalczyk (red.), Pedagogika społeczna. Człowiek w zmieniającym się świecie, Warszawa 1995.

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