there is no fixed sylabus as the course is flexible reflecting the concrete conditions of outgoing and incoming Erasmus students or online workshops participants

first encounter with doc Krizova Oct 12, 11.30, 2nd floor

PLEASE INTEGRATE THESE LECTURES AS A PART OF THE COURSE

occasional lectures of visiting professors from University of Applied Sciences in VFreiburg im Breisgau (FRG)- are a part of the course

Wednesday Oct 18. prof Dirk Oesselmann 15.10-16.20 room F, 3rd floor, "Dancing with difference" world responsibility in education in an intersection of political-ethnic, religious and global perspective.

OR

Wednesday Oct 18. prof. Stefanie Engler 15.10-16.20 Caring society (social gerontology) – room D, 2nd floor
AND

Friday Oct 20. prof. Berthold Dietz 11-12.30 Relevance of German social policy for international debate, room F, 3rd floor

November 2, 11.30-12.30, Krizova: Social work in the Czech Republic

November 16: Social change in Czechoslovakia in 1989 (https://www.soc.cas.cz/sites/default/files/soubory/contemporary_czech_society_sample_chapter_ch51_lyons.pdf)

Lyons, P., Kindlerová, R. (ed.). (2016) Contemporary Czech Society. Sociologický ústav (Akademie věd ČR)

recommended chapters for reading and reporting: please select one chapter and make a personal report/reflection (2 pages)

Chapter 2: The Czechs want equality? Pat Lyons

Chapter 3: What is the price of equality and inequality in Czech society? Pat Lyons

Chapter 5: What does undeclared work tell us about Czech Society? Pat Lyons

Chapter 6: Are illegal drugs and prostitution bad for Czech society? Pat Lyons

Chapter 7: What are the attitudes of Czechs towards climate change? Pat Lyons

Chapter 10: Are Czechs more satisfied with Their lives under communism Than Today? Pat Lyons

Chapter 11: What is current public opinion towards the Velvet Revolution? Pat Lyons

Chapter 27: What is Czechs' level of knowledge about refugees and asylum seekers, and is it Important? Pat Lyons

Chapter 38: Are Czech unique values? Pat Lyons

Chapter 40: Is religion dead in the Czech Republic? Pat Lyons

Chapter 42: Does the Czech Republic have a permissive society? Pat Lyons

Chapter 47: The older Czechs Fairly Behave toward your younger and future generations? Pieter Vanhuysse

Chapter 48: Why is it unpopular to be old in the Czech Republic? Romana Trusinová

Chapter 49: Is there equal treatment of Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Republic? Daniel Prokop

Chapter 50: Why do Czechs fear foreigners? Daniel Prokop

Chapter 51: Are Czechs prejudiced? Pat Lyons

Chapter 52: Does Czechs' Use of the words "Roma" or "Gypsy" in daily conversation matter? Pat Lyons

Chapter 53: Why does it make sense to use computer simulation to study residential segregation in the Czech Republic? Pat Lyons

November 30: site visits????

December 14: site visits???

January 4: discusion on your intercultural experiences

additional respources: https://english.radio.cz/shades-czech-society-uncovered-new-survey-8220633

„European Social Work After 1989: East-West Exchanges Between Universal Principles and Cultural Sensitivity (European Social Work Education and Practice)“ Walter Lorenz, Zuzana Havrdova, Oldřich Matoušek (eds).

or select an article from ERIS Journal summer 2023, https://socialniprace.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SP4_2023-web-1.pdf, or ERIS Journal winter 2023 (https://socialniprace.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SP1_2023-web-1.pdf)

Ukrainian refugee integration: one year ofile:///C:/Users/uzivatel/Downloads/PAQ_UA_integration_review_2023_ENG.pdf

Breaking the deadlock: defining the quality of social work in the Czech Republic through social work research, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13691457.2023.2208765?needAccess=true