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Invitation Social Pedagogical Views
Socio-educational perspectives
The lecture series “Sozialpädagogische Blicke” will be held for the tenth time this coming fall/winter semester. As part of this anniversary, we are not only inviting colleagues from academia and practice to contribute their perspectives. We also want to provide insights into completed research projects of our working group.
On three evenings, we would like to discuss institutionalized childhood and youth as well as the associated possibilities and limitations. We will begin on 20.11.2024 with the question of what it means when pupils withdraw from the education system. On the second evening (11.12.2024), we will take a look at the situation of young people in residential child and youth care. Finally, on 15.01.2025, we will look at how children grow up and everyday practice in elementary educational institutions (this date has been postponed from September to January).
The entire lecture series is designed as an interweaving of contributions from science and practice. It is offered on Wednesdays from 5-7pm at the University of Salzburg in a hybrid format.
More information can be found here.
Call for Papers – ÖFEB Section Conference 2025
We encounter boundaries in the field of social work and social pedagogy in many different ways. They are evident in the concrete fields of action – for example in the sense of spatial, temporal or social dimensions – and also in the scientific treatment of ‘the subject matter’, for example with regard to the reflexive treatment of boundaries. At the same time, they themselves are not fixed, but are to be seen as having ‘become’ in the context of the negotiation and tension of boundary and delimitation.
The heading of boundaries and dissolution of boundaries in social work suggests a social diagnosis that has already been tried and tested in a number of publications. However, the planned conference attempts not only to frame the diverse conditions and current processes of change in social work, but also to explore the potential of the metaphors of ‘boundaries’ and ‘boundary management’ on the basis of a wide range of contributions.
Over the last 20 years, the concepts and metaphors of ‘border(s)’ and ‘border management’ have become important methodological approaches in the analysis and critique of social pedagogical thought and action – including social conditions and socio-political framings. Boundaries and boundary management refer to certain spatial, temporal and social orders in which social work operates, and in doing so must constantly re-articulate and reflect on responsibilities and possibilities. This can be seen not least in historical and current reconstructions, for example in the areas of tension between child and youth welfare and other professions or institutions – or in debates about inclusion, to name just two striking examples.
The Call for Papers in English is available here.
Mission statement for the working group “Qualifications framework/further development of the core curriculum for social work”
First draft based on the round table on 09.07.2024 in Salzburg
The aim of the working group “Qualifications Framework for Social Work/Further Development of the Core Curriculum for Social Work” is to create a document that …
… describes a framework with core elements for vocational and academic training in social work, in which both social pedagogy and social work with their overlapping areas and respective specifics are reflected.
… describes minimum content for vocational and academic training in social work in the form of tasks and skills to be acquired that are required from a professional point of view in order to be able to use one or more of the protected professional titles under the SozBezG (social worker, social pedagogue).
… contributes to quality assurance in the training of professionals in the field of social work.
… promotes further development in practice-related and academic disciplines as coherently as possible.
… proposes a common framework for all training institutions that offer vocational and academic social work training (universities of applied sciences, universities), within which location-specific priorities can be set.
… takes into account the preliminary work from the “Core Curriculum for BA Programs in Social Work at Universities of Applied Sciences” and, as far as possible, does not contain any contradictions, but at most indicates a need for further clarification.
… takes into account both the obds identification framework for social pedagogy and social work and the explanatory notes on the SozBezG.
… forms the basis for coordination in the social work professional community (professionals, professional organizations) in order to supplement the obds identification framework for social pedagogy and social work with a “social work qualification framework”.
… can serve as a basis for decision-making bodies in the context of recognition and nostrification procedures, thus contributing to the clarification of the basic features of social work and also providing more certainty for professionals and interest groups.
Dr. Melanie Holztrattner’s dissertation receives two awards
Lex-Nalis Prize Holztrattner 2023
Photo: Heide Lex-Nalis Prize | © EduCare
Dr. Melanie Holztrattner from the Department of Educational Science, WG Social Pedagogy at Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS) receives the Heide Lex-Nalis Prize 2023 and the AK Salzburg Science Prize
Research workshop ‘WERKSTATT. FORSCHUNG. rekonstruktiv
Reconstructive research needs time and space where exchange is possible – especially for a joint discussion of empirical material and methodological-methodological questions. This possibility is to be offered within the framework of the ‘WERKSTATT. FORSCHUNG. rekonstruktiv’, which is organised in cooperation with the Salzburg University of Education.
Further information on the research workshop can be found here.
Research projects
An overview of all topics currently being researched by the WG Social Pedagogy and more detailed information can be found here.
The completed research projects of the AG Sozialpädagogik are presented here.
Journal ‘Austrian Yearbook for Social Work ’OEJS Volume 5
The Austrian Yearbook for Social Work – ÖJS – has been published since 2019. The journal sees itself as a publication venue for professional and disciplinary discussions. It presents research findings and topics from Austria and picks up on international discourse. The aim of the journal is to reflect developments in social work at a high scientific level and to further develop specialist discussions.
Authors and interested parties can find information about the journal ÖJS here.
(Event) archive
An insight into the topics dealt with by the AG Sozialpädagogik in the context of events is offered here.
