Name of qualification Name of qualification: Diplomirani socialni pedagog (un)/diplomirana socialna pedagoginja (un)Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Bachelor of Arts in social pedagogy
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Academic bachelor's degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Academic bachelor's education
Duration Duration of education:
4 years
Credits Credits: 240 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • Matura or
  • school-leaving examination (prior to 1 June 1995) under any four-year secondary school programme.
ISCED field Field:
Education
ISCED subfield subfield: education
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 7
EQF Level: EQF 6
EOVK Level: First level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to: 
(general competences)
  • communicate, provide advice and work as part of a team, 
  • demonstrate a capacity for synthetic, analytical and creative thinking and problem-solving, 
  • apply knowledge flexibly in practice, 
  • be autonomous, (self-)critical and reflective, carry out (self-)evaluation and strive for quality, 
  • demonstrate general knowledge, communicate with experts from other professional and academic fields,
  • demonstrate initiative/ambition (value of ongoing personal development and professional training), 
  • demonstrate information literacy, 
  • manage time, undertake own preparations and planning, and check own implementation of plans, 
  • communicate in a foreign language, 
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social systems, leadership and institutional frameworks of work (particularly of processes in education and culture),
  • demonstrate openness and sensitivity to people and social situations, 
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the development processes, differences and needs of the individual,
  • demonstrate knowledge of concepts in education and their philosophical and historical foundations, 
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the institutional frameworks of work (requirements, legislation, documentation, legal aspects of education),
  • use of information and communication technologies in education,
  • demonstrate understanding of individual values and value systems and deal with questions of professional ethics, 
  • demonstrate knowledge and understanding of and an orientation towards inclusive, non-discriminatory work and multiculturalism,
(subject-specific competences)
  • demonstrate knowledge of the theoretical bases of the field of social pedagogy and apply them in practice, 
  • demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of various deviance phenomena, 
  • demonstrate understanding of the processes of stigmatisation, marginalisation, social exclusion and their prevention, 
  • demonstrate understanding of various forms of personal and social violence and their causes, 
  • demonstrate knowledge, understanding and consideration of the individual through the prism of various theoretical models, 
  • demonstrate understanding of diversity as a quality, accept difference, deviance and other cultures and subcultures; work in a non-judgemental manner, 
  • demonstrate empathy and openness in communication, 
  • demonstrate awareness of and capacity for reflection on own contributions in work with people; take responsibility for own professional development; be motivated for supervision- and intervision-based forms of work, 
  • assess quality and opportunities in the individual's social networks (family, neighbours, institutions, etc.), 
  • demonstrate understanding of the functioning of institutions and the impact of institutions on users and raise awareness of own institutional involvement, 
  • plan and design individualised programmes of social pedagogy, 
  • demonstrate understanding of and proficiency in various forms of social pedagogy work (preventive, educational, counselling-based, compensatory, socially integrative, etc.), 
  • undertake professional work oriented towards the life field of the user; work in existing social conditions,
  • cooperate and work with parents, families and the user's other important social groups,
  • undertake educational/counselling work with individuals and groups in the context of institutions,
  • undertake extra-institutional and community work,
  • cooperate in multidisciplinary expert groups, project groups, analytical groups, evaluation groups,
  • prepare, lead and evaluate special social pedagogy projects (e.g. voluntary or preventive work projects, advocacy, self-help groups, etc.),
  • carry out social marketing work (implementation and promotion of social pedagogical principles in public),
  • carry out analysis and research in the field of social pedagogy in order to develop practice.

Assesment and completion:
Students' knowledge is assessed by means of practical exercises and seminar papers, and also via products, projects, performances, services, etc. and by examinations. Examination performance is scored as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

A general condition for progression from one year to the next is the completion of at least 54 credits. Students must make up missing credits from a previous year during the following year at the latest.

Diplomirani socialni pedagog (un)/diplomirana socialna pedagoginja (un)

SQF 7

EQF 6

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SQF 10 / EQF 8

Progression:

Second-cycle master's study programmes (SQF level 8)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:
To complete their studies, students must complete all credits envisaged in all parts of the programme (compulsory, elective, etc.). Students complete their studies with a presentation and a defence of a diploma project.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.pef.uni-lj.si/12.html
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