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Practical social pedagogy : theories, values and tools for working with children and young people / Jan Storø.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Storø, Jan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work with children.
- Social work with teenagers.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy, 2013.
- Summary:
- Social pedagogical work is a field of practice that is indebted to and illuminated by aspects of knowledge from sociology and psychology, but many practitioners feel that social pedagogical theories are too abstract and distant from the challenges faced in practice. In Practical Social Pedagogy Jan Storø shows the reader for the first time how the theories and practices of social pedagogy interlock. The book combines social pedagogy theories, psychology, sociology and social work with a social constructionist perspective to help practitioners guide children and young people to cope better with the challenges they face as they grow up. The author emphasises that the actualities of practice are first disclosed in the meeting between the professional practitioner and the client. The book uses many practical examples to help make the application of social pedagogy more accessible and is ideal for students on courses covering work with children and young people. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction - why social pedagogy? 1
- Non-pedagogic? 3
- About terminology 5
- Social pedagogue 5
- Client 6
- Change 7
- Intervention 7
- How to use this book 8
- Construction 8
- Social pedagogic discourse 9
- Chapter 2 Theoretical perspectives on social pedagogy 11
- Social pedagogic theory 17
- Social constructionism 23
- What does social pedagogy draw from the neighbouring sciences? 31
- Chapter 3 From theory to practice 35
- The social pedagogue practitioner's relationship with theory 40
- Perspectivation 45
- Interventions 53
- The need for action 54
- Preferences based on different roles and tasks 56
- Individual preferences 58
- Situational assessment 58
- Different initial perspectives 59
- The right time 60
- Primary and secondary tasks 60
- A way to behave 61
- Chapter 4 Who is the social pedagogue? 63
- What is the social pedagogue? 63
- Is the social pedagogue a social worker? 63
- Is the social pedagogue a teacher? 63
- Is the social pedagogue a psychologist? 64
- Is the social pedagogue a sociologist? 65
- Is the social pedagogue a researcher? 65
- Is the social pedagogue a philosopher? 67
- Is the social pedagogue a politician? 67
- Is the social pedagogue an advocate? 68
- Is the social pedagogue an entrepreneur? 69
- Personal competence 70
- Chapter 5 What does the social pedagogue do? 79
- Relationships 79
- Structure 87
- Change 93
- The social pedagogic context 97
- Chapter 6 Where does the social pedagogue work? 99
- Arenas 100
- Chapter 7 What are the tools of the social pedagogue's trade? 107
- Systematic activity 107
- Producing professional documentation 108
- Language 108
- The bilingual social pedagogue 110
- Conversations 113
- Pedagogic conversations about fairness 115
- Practical interventions 116
- Working with groups 116
- Activities 117
- Conflict, negotiation and the setting of boundaries 122
- Mealtimes 129
- A rest from development and change-oriented work 130
- Local methods 131
- The wheelhouse conversation 131
- Positive white lies 133
- The Kjell syndrome 134
- Holding the fort 135
- The talk little method 136
- Use of methods and strategies 138
- Chapter 8 Afterword 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447305392
- 1447305396
- 1447305388
- 9781447305385
- OCLC:
- 820109369
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