Social Microstructures - Group Processes 480-ERS-1SMG
Objectives:
- To enable students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of group processes
- to enable students to experience group processes
- to familiarise students with the specificity of functioning in society in diverse group contexts
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The course examines the basic components of social life at a micro level—such as face-to-face interaction, small groups, roles and statuses, networks, rituals, and the everyday practices through which larger social structures are carried out and reproduced. Students will read classic and more recent texts, discuss the main concepts, and complete practical exercises (including observation, a short ethnography, interaction analysis, and network mapping). The course combines traditional micro-sociological theory with its applications in today's digital environments. By the end of this course, students will be able to define and use key micro-sociological concepts, use micro-sociological theories to analyze everyday situations, carry out brief observational and ethnographic tasks, reflect on their methods, link micro-level processes to larger structures like norms, institutions, and digital platforms, as well as share their findings clearly in discussions and short written assignments. |
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Efekty kształcenia
Knowledge:
KP6_WG1 - Student(s) knows, understands and can define the basic concepts of social microstructures i.e. :social structure, social status, social position, social role, structural precepts of social role, role complexes, small social group stratification, small social group structure and others;
KP6_WG4 - Student(s) has knowledge of various theoretical approaches explaining the essence of social structures with particular emphasis on emergent structuralism;
KP6_WG8 - Student(ka) has basic knowledge of group processes and is able to indicate them on the example of his/her practice group;
KP6_WG11 - Student(ka) is able to characterize the phenomenon of identity on many levels including individual, social and collective identity;
KP6_WG13 - Student(s) understands the reciprocal relationship between the individual and the social group;
KP6_WG17 - Student(s) can characterise the axionormative system of a social group, can describe the genesis and transformation of social norms and rules;
Skills:
KP6_UW1 Student(ka) is able to apply various typologies of social phenomena to describe them, with particular attention to types and properties of small social groups
Competences:
KP6_KK1 Student(ka) is aware of changes occurring in terminology and methodological orientations within microsociology;
KP6_KO1 Student(ka) is determined towards the need to improve his/her social skills within the framework of work in a research team;
KP6_KO2 The student(s) is open to working in a group, being able to assume different roles in it. He/she perceives the need for creative leadership within the work of the research team;
KP6_KO3 The student(ka) is aware of the necessity to plan in time the performance of particular tasks (especially those connected with the preparation of successive mini-chapters of the term paper) carried out in remote and stationary mode;
KP6_KR4 - Student(ka) is aware of the complexity and multifaceted nature of social life and is sensitive to the phenomenon of cultural relativism;
Kryteria oceniania
Credit for the course is given in the form set by the instructor.
A pass mark is obtained when min. 51% of the required points. 50% unexcused absences result in failing the course.
It is permitted to conduct classes and consultations as well as to receive credit remotely. The main platform on which classes are conducted is the one recommended by UwB at the time. Students taking classes remotely should have access to a computer with an Internet connection.
Students with special teaching and learning needs may apply to the course tutor to adapt the methods and credit requirements to their needs. Classes are taught with the principles of universal design in mind.
Literatura
Primary literature:
1.Babbie Earl, 2019, The essence of sociology, Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warsaw
Encyclopedia of Sociology,2002, (ed. Frieske K.W et al), vol. 4, pp. 132-137, Headword: Social structure by Henryk Domanski;
2.Ciccarelli, Saundra, J. Noland White, 2016, Psychology, Rebis Poznan.
3.Merton, Robert. 1998. social role syndrome (in:) H. H. Sommer (ed.), Small social structures - a selection of texts, Wyższa Szkoła Społeczno-Gospodarcza w Tyczynie, Tyczyn;
4.Murray Morrison and Jim Pey, 1999, Writing essays in sociology, Zysk i s-ka Poznań.
5.Dictionary of Sociology and the Social Sciences, 2004, (ed. Marshall G.), pp.366-367, entry: Social Structure by Paweł Świebody and Ibid, pp.367-369, entry: Structuralism by Alina Kapciak
6.Szmatka, Jacek. 2007. Małe struktury społeczne, Warszawa, PWN
7.Sztompka, Piotr. 2002. Sociology. Analiza społeczeństwa, Kraków, Znak;
8.Turowski, Jan. 2001. Sociology. Small social structures, Lublin, KUL;
Complementary literature:
1.Durkheim, Emil. 1964. Types of Suicide. in: Jerzy Szacki. Durkheim. Warsaw. WP.
2. Mikołajewska, Barbara. 1999. "Protective" community and individual identity. in: Irena Machaj, Small social structures, Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin, pp. 185-193;
3 Ossowski, Stanisław. 1986.O strukturze społecznej, PWN;
4. Rybicki, Paweł. 1996.The structure of the social world; in: Marian Malikowski and Stanisław Marczuk (eds.), General Sociology. A selection of texts, vol. II, WSSG Tyczyn, pp. 5 -10;
5 Szacka, Barbara. 2003. social control. in: Introduction to sociology. Warsaw, Oficyna Naukowa, pp. 53-72.
6 Turowski, Jan. 1999. large and small social structures; in: Sociology. Large Social Structures, TN KUL, Lublin, pp. 48
- 50;
7. Weber, Max. 1975. Three pure types of legitimate rule, in: W. Derczyński, A. Jasińska-Kania, J. Szacki. (eds.) Elements of sociological theories. pp. 539-550;
8 Znaniecki, Florian. 1939. social groups as products of participating individuals. In Jerzy Szacki. 1986 Znaniecki. Warsaw. WP. pp. 293 - 308.
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Amalyah, A. (2025). Transformation of social structure in digital society. Mahogany Journal De Social, 2(3), 130–140. https://doi.org/10.37899/mjds.v2i3.202 |
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