2 yrs Master / Specialisation in Educational Sciences
Resocialization Pedagogy
The objective of the Resocialization Pedagogy study program is to equip students with the specialized skills and knowledge required for assistance and pedagogical work in resocialization and re-education facilities and institutions across various sectors.
The program aims to provide graduates with theoretical knowledge and practical application skills in pedagogical disciplines, emphasizing their interdisciplinary connections for use in specific pedagogical professions. A further goal is to develop the ability to flexibly adapt one's knowledge, experience, and skills to ever-changing objective conditions and the new professional requirements placed on pedagogical staff and social service workers.
The program responds to the growing demand in the labor market for experts in this field, as well as the increasing need to improve human resource competitiveness, lifelong learning systems, public relations, community development, intercultural coexistence, and the resolution of issues facing marginalized groups.
The Resocialization Pedagogy program prepares master’s-level experts with full qualifications for direct pedagogical and counseling activities in facilities focused on resocialization, education, and prevention. These include prisons, detention centers, post-penitentiary care facilities, educational institutions and institutional care facilities, low-threshold centers, preventive educational care institutions, refugee facilities, and social service organizations.
Graduates acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and skills focused on the specifics of educational work, particularly with individuals and groups exhibiting deviant behavior and lifestyles. They utilize a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach and interventions aimed at strengthening positive social phenomena through social-educational influence. Throughout their studies, emphasis is placed on applied courses and supervised internships, through which graduates gain the competencies necessary to create new social-educational strategies for various social groups, lead people and organizations, and independently plan activities.
According to current legislation, graduates are fully qualified to work as social workers (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs), educators in school facilities (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), and probation and mediation service officers (Ministry of Justice). Within the Prison Service of the Czech Republic, subject to internal departmental regulations, the studies provide the prerequisites for the roles of educator and leisure-time pedagogue, and, upon completion of psychotherapeutic training, the role of educator-therapist. Graduates are also qualified for organizational and management roles within the Prison Service of the Czech Republic. Graduates are prepared to work with individuals of all age groups, including children, youth, adults, and seniors.
