Abstract:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the whole world, extraordinary measures were ordered by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic.The changes brought by this pandemic affect society as a whole, including higher education. University teachers had the task of preparing a distance form of teaching in a short time and thus provide students with full-fledged conditions for their further education. The education of social work students, which is characterized by the use of an interactive form of teaching, has been transferred to various forms of distance education. Higher education of social workers is important for the acquisition of initial competencies for working in various areas of social work practice. The article deals with the evaluation of students in the use of distance education tools in the field of social work in the Czech Republic. Specifically, we will focus on the issue of replacing the classical form of teaching in the form of distance education and the readiness of social workers to perform a future profession through distance education. The paper will present a quantitative research survey focused on the education of social workers using innovative and flexible elements of distance education. The paper aims to compare the evaluation of distance forms of education for full-time and part-time students of social work in the Czech Republic.

Keywords:

Forms of teaching, Social work, Distance education, COVID - 19.