Adult Education in Social Welfare

Pre-requisites: No conditions

Course objectives: Understanding and critically examining the position of adult education in the strategies of social development, as the way of support for social groups and empowerment for inclusion in society

Course description: Theoretical course: Theoretical models of social work in the local community and the position of adult education in these models; Position of education in national and European legal regulations and strategies for the protection of minority groups; Socially organized practice in the protection of minority groups - national and European experiences (programs, forms, methods of work); Integral model of social welfare in the local community; Contemporary research on the role of education in support of minority groups; Practical classes: Creating a model of an education program for the training of professionals in social welfare

Learning Outcomes: The student is able to understand and explore the real power of adult education in social development strategies and to explore the functions of adult education in models of support to minority groups in social welfare

Literature/Reading:

• Medić, S. (2005). Life-Long education: Limit or Chance for the Disabled - Serbia. Lifelong Education of People with Disabilities. Liberec: Ed Roberts Institute, pp. 36–42
• Medić, S., Brkić, M., Vlaović Vasiljević, D., i saradnici (2010). Strateško upravljanje integralnom socijalnom zaštitom u lokalnoj zajednici. Beograd: Stalna konferencija gradova i opština, od. poglavlja
• Medić, S. (2007). Obrazovanje odraslih u sistemu obrazovanja i vaspitanja – evropske dimenzije reforme. Evropske dimenzije reforme sistema obr. i vasp., Novi Sad: Filozofski fakultet, str. 261 – 26
• Medić, S., Popović, K. (2006). Education For all in Serbia - Development, progress and activities. Andragoške studije (2). 42-56.
• Medić, S., Popović, K. (2007). Teacher training and train-the-trainers in adult education project in Serbia. Qualifying the actors in Adult and Continuing Education in Europe. Trends and perspectives.
• Medić, S. (2012): The Importance of Activating Learning in the Third Age. Andragoške studije (2). 69-80.
• Medić, S., Milošević, Z. (2010). Functional Basic Adult Education – Second Chance. Inclusive Education In The Balkan Countries – Policy And Practice. Thessaloniki: BASOPED
• Medić, S., Milanović, M., Popović, K., Despotović, M. (2009). Funkcionalno osnovno obrazovanje odraslih. Beograd: Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju
• Medić, S., Milošević, Z. (2011). Creating, Implementing and Evaluating Teaching and Learning Materials for Functional Basic Education in Serbia. Evaluation in Education in the Balkan Countries,505-511
• Findsen, B., Formosa, M. (2011). Lifelong Learning in Later Life: A Handbook on Older Adult Learning. Sense Publishers. odabrana poglavlja