Issue topic: International perspectives on social education

NEWSLETTER

Issue topic: International perspectives on social education

NEWSLETTER

Newsletter

Youth and Values Conference 2020

Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc

November 5 – 6, 2020

Milena Öbrink Hobzová

We are hereby inviting you to participate in the international conference Youth and Values 2020, which will be held in Olomouc, 5 – 6 November 2020. This conference has been organised every two years since 2007 by the Department of Christian Education, Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, and by Paidagogos – Society for Philosophy, Theory and Praxis of Education. It has developed to become a meeting ground for experts from all areas of education, including social pedagogy. The common denominator has always been an interest in values and how these shape, and are shaped, by different groups in society. The conference also offers a place for interdisciplinary discussions on how researchers from other fields (not only education) view value-related issues.

The organizers are pleased to announce that the main speakers will be Prof. Hristo Kyuchukov (University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), one of the leading experts in Europe on the education of Roma children, and Prof. Venetta Lampropoulou (University of Patras, Patras, Greece), who specializes in deaf education.

Keynote speakers in the field of social pedagogy are Jakub Hladík (Faculty of Humanities, Tomas Bata University, Zlín), Jitka Lorenzová (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague) and Radim Šíp (Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno).

The organizers introduce something new to the conference every year. Last year the conference guests could attend a range of different workshops, and due to great interest, the offer has now been extended. So this year the participants can choose from two seminars: one will be led by

Prof. J. Shosh (Moravian College, USA) and will be focused on action research, and the other one will deal with Work at the Clay Field® with Mgr. Anna Víšková (Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University, Olomouc). More information on the conference, including registration, can be found at Mládež a hodnoty webside.

Milena Öbrink Hobzová

Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc

Milena Öbrink Hobzová studied English, Czech and German at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University in Olomouc. In 2014, she defended her doctoral thesis on language education of immigrants in Czech Republic and Sweden. At present, she is a research assistant in social pedagogy at the Department of Christian Education at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc. Her research includes education of immigrants, multicultural education and media literacy education. Currently, she is doing research with language teachers of adult immigrants in Sweden and Czech Republic, mainly aimed at their view of working with the foreigners.