Institute of Social Studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové
Institute of Social Studies at the Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové

Summary/Abstract: Social Pedagogy as a field in the Czech Republic has its longest tradition at the University of Hradec Králové. Its origin can be dated back to the beginning of the 1990s. The links to this field were obvious, as the Faculty of Education in Hradec Králové was also famous for concentrating on non-teaching pedagogy during the 1970s and 1980s. The fields we could have noticed here were Education, Leisure Time Pedagogy, Pedagogy of Children and Youth Organizations. The Department of Social Pedagogy itself was established in 1991 and provided studies in the following fields: Education, Social Pedagogy Focused on Physical Education, Sport, Ethopedy and Social Work (we followed the idea of ethopedist P. Klíma in saying that Ethopedy is part of Social Pedagogy, not of Special Education). The studies were in the present form as well as in the form of consultations. The master’s degree programme in Social Pedagogy was first set up in 1997. The Institute of Social Studies was established in the same year, on February 2, 1997 and, above all, it also guaranteed the fields of Social Pathology and Prevention, Charity and Social Work, Social Communication in State Administration and Social Educational Care for the Sensory Impaired. The Institute was then being developed in terms of not only number of fields, but also number of students, with the prospect of becoming the Faculty of Social Sciences. We estimated to guarantee a wide range of fields connected with the social sphere, so that the students could exercise various assisting professions. The number of students was almost 1500 in 2003, but unfortunately the new faculty was not authorized by the accreditation council, even on the second try in March 2003 (we had tried in January 2002 for the first time). Later on, the “faculty” was split into the Department of Social Pedagogy, Social Work, Special Education, Sociology and Social Pathology within the Faculty of Education. Since then, the heads of the Department of Social Pedagogy have been PaedDr. Monika Žumárová, Ph.D., Mgr. Leona Stašová, Ph.D., and Mgr. Iva Junová, Ph.D.

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