Social economy and social farming - RPZ05

• Title: Social economy and social farming
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Work (27-PSP)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

The course introduces students to social economy, social enterprise, and green care framework in social work and focuses on social farming concepts. It deals with the historical roots of the social economy, bringing examples from abroad and the Czech Republic. Course participants will be guided to think about economic activities in the context of social and environmental issues and will learn about different target groups in social enterprises and on social farms. During the course, they will gain insight into the non-growth movement, the fair trade scheme, alternative economies etc. There will be at least one visit to a social enterprise during the semester.

Aim of the course

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

- To ensure that graduates of this course are competent in fields of social economy, social enterprise and social farming

- To instil in students ethical values, professionalism, social responsibility, and sustainability

- To provide students with the opportunity to engage in social economy and social farming

- To let students develop their creative thinking

- To provide educational and practical approaches to social farming

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

· Defourny, J., Develtere, P. The social economy : The worldwide making of a third sector. 1999. EMES European Research Network.

· SPEAR, Roger -  BIDET, Eric. The Role of Social Enterprise in European Labour Markets. EMES European Research Network.WP no. 03/10.

· GORDON, Mike. A Typology of Social Enterprise ‘Traditions’. ICSEM Working Papers , No. 18, 2015. 36 s. Liege: The International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) Project.

· DEFOURNY, J., HULGÅRD, L., PESTOFF, V. (eds.). Social Enterprise and the Third Sector : Changing European Landscapes in a Comparative Perspective. 2015. London and New York : Routledge, 279 s. ISBN 978-0-415-83156-7 (pbk).

· Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2021, 23 s. ISBN 978-92-76-45214-0.

· MOUDRÝ, Jan, Nela KÜFFNEROVÁ a Eliška HUDCOVÁ (eds.). The Textbook. Social Farming in Higher Education. Teaching and learning material for university level courses. Erasmus+ Project (2017-2020). 2020. Available from: https://sofaredu.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Textbook_2020.pdf.

· ELINGS, Marjolein, HUDCOVÁ, Eliška, CHOVANEC, Tomáš, ESSICH, Lisa, HARTH, Michael, HARREMS-WILDERS, Daret, KOVACOVA, Lenka, MORONEY, Aisling, MOUDRÝ, Jan, PAŘÍZEK, Michal, SCHNEIDER, Claudia, SMYTH, Brian, URBAN, David. Social Work in Farming: Social farming environment as a means of guiding and supporting people from specific target groups. 2023. Erasmus+ SoFarTEAM project, Intellectual Output 1. 

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

- Lectures, PPT, discussions, field visits, pair work, video, reading

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

- A prerequisite for obtaining credit is 80 % participation in contact seminars and at least 75 % completed tasks (usually entered via Moodle)

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

The topic list is not fixed but depends on the current social situation and student preferences. The students can communicate topics or problems they would like to address.

 

Examples of thematic/problems areas to consider

-          Social economy, cooperative movement, historical context, social enterprise

-          Entrepreneurship, goals, vision, mission, business plan

-          Social enterprises in the Czech Republic and abroad, examples

-          Alternative economies, fair trade, de-grow movement

-          Green care concepts in social work, theories, and historical context

-          Introduction to social farming

-          Multifunctional agriculture and its social aspects

-          Social farming with different target groups

-          Field trip/excursion

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Bc. Eliška Hudcová, Ph.D. (30.07.2023)

A prerequisite for obtaining credit is 80 % participation in contact seminars and at least 75 % completed tasks (usually entered via Moodle)