MTP - Social Pedagogy - lecture

obligatory courses

The aim of the lectures is to familiarise students with the characteristics and problems of social pedagogy, its theoretical foundations and the contemporary discourse on, and analysis of the major educational environments and socio-educational problems of the contemporary world.

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.

Recommended reading:

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.

After completing the course students will:

In terms of KNOWLEDGE - have known and understood:

1. the origins and key stages in the development of social pedagogy in Poland (K_W01);

2. the fundamental concepts of social pedagogy (e.g. milieu/environment, empowerment, social capital, care, assistance, crisis intervention, support, prevention, compensation) (K_W01);

3. the principal figures in Polish social pedagogy and their contributions to the sub-discipline (K_W01);

4. the subject matter and particularities of social pedagogy as a pedagogical sub-discipline (K_W02);

5. the role and tasks of social pedagogy in the context of contemporary social transformations at both local and global levels (K_W02);

6. the various forms of socio-educational work (care, assistance, crisis intervention, support) along with practical examples of such activities (K_W05);

7. the notion of empowerment, the principles of agency and subsidiarity, and their significance for the development of autonomy and agency (K_W05);

8. selected socio-cultural and environmental transformations (e.g. globalisation, social mobility, cultural diversity, climate change) and their impact on educational processes, family dynamics, and schooling (K_W07).

In terms of SKILLS - 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) with reference to selected theoretical approaches (K_U01).

Short written exam covering the content of the lectures.