Sociology of Politics Sociology of Youth Faculty of Social Education, Department of Social Work and Sociology Lect. Gintautas Bužinskas Instructor Faculty of Social Education Department of Social Work and Address Sociology, room 223, e-mail: gintautas.buzinskas@leu.lt English/Russian/Polish Language of Instruction ---Required Prerequisites Suggested Academic Cycle or Bachelor degree studies Year of Studies Spring Semester 3 ECTS Credits 2 Contact Hours per Week Compulsory Compulsory/ Elective Lecture, discussion, K. Ishikawa diagram, Students’ Delphi, Methods of Teaching expertise method, Case analysis, concept mapping, Total examination mark (100% - 10 points): Active participation in Form of Assessment seminars – 10%, Research essay – 10%, (Group) project – 30%, Examination – 50%. Title of the Study Program Title of the Module Faculty, Department Course Description The course of Sociology of Youth introduces to youth sociology as a sub-discipline of sociology. It provides with the knowledge about the possibilities of sociological analysis of youth as a social category. The course emphasizes sociological prospects of the analysis of socialization in developing pre-service teachers’ abilities to explore processed incurred at school. Main reading list Acus A., Kraniauskas L. Socialinio elgesio nukrypimų sociologija (Sociology of Social Behaviour Deviations). Klaipėda, 2007 Berns R. M. Vaiko socializacija (Socialization of a Child). Kaunas, 2009 Matza D. Nusižengiamumo srovėje (Delinquency and Drift). Vilnius, 2004 Grupės ir aplinkos (Groups and Environments). Kaunas, 2009 (No.1) National Programme on the Development of Youth Policy for 2011-2019 http://www3.lrs.lt Supplementary reading list Clinard M. B, Meier R.F. Sociology of Deviant Behavior. Belmont (Calif.): Wadsworth/Thomson Learning 2004. DJI Bulletin; DJI Impulse http://www.dji.de Dunn W. N. Viešosios politikos analizė. Vilnius, 2006 Youth Strategy of European Union for 2009 http://www.europarl.europa.eu Europen Value Survey; http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/ Society and Lifestyles: towards Enhancing Social Harmonisation through Knowledge of Subcultural Communities (SAL) Academic Reports. Kaunas, 2010 (No. 2) Jaunimas ir šiuolaikinis pasaulis: socialinių patirčių įžvalgos (Youth and Contemporary World: Insights into Social Experiences). Vilnius, 2008 Lithuanian Youth Council http://www.lijot.lt Pohl A., Stauber B. Walther A. Youth - Actor of Social Change. Tübingen : Institut für Regionale Innovation und Sozialforschung 2007 http://www.pedocs.de/volltexte/2010/2802/ Subscribed and tested data base: Oxford Journals Online Subscribed and tested data base: SocINDEX with Full Text World Values Survey http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/index_surveys