Socio-pedagogical work in the community
Course: Social pedagogy
Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology
Title
Socio-pedagogical work in the community
Code
ОК 35.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2025/2026
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO1, PLO3, PLO4, PLO6, PLO8, PLO12, PLO15, PLO18, LO19, PLO20. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section «Programme Profile».
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student must:
Know: theories of the social systems functioning, the history of social work methods formation and development.
Be able to: analyze the content of key concepts of social work, summarize and correlate different conceptual approaches to the study of social phenomena, analyze the existing legal framework for social work, set professional goals, applying theoretical models in practice.
Have the skills of public communication, activity planning, performance evaluation.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to form students' knowledge and skills to attract and activate community members to solve their problems, assist in organizing local communities and communities of interest, organizing services in the community, preparing students for practical socio-pedagogical activities in the community.
The discipline contains two content modules. The first module reveals approaches to understanding the concept of community, its structure and resources, presents classifications of methods and approaches to community work, reveals the tasks, strategies and tactics of a social worker in the community. The second module is devoted to applied issues: it reveals the main areas of practical work in the community, specific methods and tools and provides practical training in skills of using methods of citizen involvement, community activation, evaluation, development and implementation of social projects and social services.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Baidarova O. Sotsialna polityka : navch. posib. Kyiv: VPTs «Kyivskyi universytet», 2020. 198 s.
Lesechko M. D., Sydorchuk O. H. Sotsialnyi kapital: teoriia i praktyka : monohrafiia. Lviv : LRIDU NADU, 2010. 220 s.
Palatna D., Semyhina T. Zghurtuvannia hromady: sotsialnyi vymir. Tallinn: Teadmus. 2024. 315 c.
Slozanska H. I. Teoriia i praktyka profesiinoi pidhotovky maibutnikh sotsialnykh pratsivnykiv do roboty u terytorialnykh hromadakh. Dys. na zdobuttia nauk. stupenia d-ra ped. nauk. 13.00.05. Ternopil, 2019. 687 s.Franke S. Measurement of Social Capital: Reference Document for Public Policy Research, Development and Evaluation. URL: http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/280035/publication.html
Kretzmann, J. P., McKnight, J. L. Introduction to Asset Mapping. 2003. URL: https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/resources/Documents/IntroAssetMapping.pdf
Lynch, D., Forde C. Social Work and Community Development. Reshaping Social Work. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. 200 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, workshops, tasks for Individual student work.
Test, discussion, practical (individual and group) tasks, modular test.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment of students is carried out during all types of classes and for the results of independent work.
The minimum number of scores that can be scored per semester and required for admission to the exam – 36 scores, the maximum number of scores that a student can score for work during the semester – 60 scores (of which: survey, discussions – 16 scores (2-4 scores each); analytical, creative research works – 14 scores; modular tests (practical tasks) – 20 scores; self-assessment – 10 scores).
Final assessment – exam (maximum – 40 scores, minimum – 24 scores).
Grading scheme:
- Excellent (90-100 scores)
- Good (75-89 scores)
- Satisfactory (60-74 scores)
- Fail (0-59 scores).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline