Course: Philosophy of Education

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Course title Philosophy of Education
Course code KKV/6FV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šarníková Gabriela, doc. PhDr. PhD.
Course content
Place of Philosophy of education in the system of pedagogical sciences, its subject, aims and methods of study. Basic concepts of philosophy of education. Dynamism and transcendence of man in the context of education. Historical view of the philosophy of education. Metaphysical, anthropological, gnoseological and ethical bases for pedagogical views and systems in the history of European and American pedagogy from ancient times to the present.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Students will learn basis of education from the perspective of basic philosophical movements developed during history. They will be able to critically judge philosophical concepts and the following pedagogical concepts, especially philosophical concepts of man and selected problems of gnoseology and ethics.
Independent assessment of the consequences of significant philosophical approcaches focused on conception of human being - for education. Competence of educational objectives providing and critical exploring.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KKV/6TV

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Seminar Work

Students will work out selected topics and will present them at seminars. Students will choose two of the proposed books and work out them in an essay. The final colloquium will be presented in the form of a presentation and discussion on assigned topics from the philosophy of education.
Recommended literature
  • Brezinka, Wolfgang. (2001). Východiská k poznání výchovy. Praha.
  • Cipro, Miroslav. (2001). Galerie světových pedagogů I. - III.. Praha.
  • Kádner, Otakar. (1923). Dějiny pedagogiky. Praha.
  • Kratochvil, Zdeněk. (1995). Výchova, zřejmost, vědomí. Praha.
  • Kudláčová, Blanka. (2007). Človek a výchova v dejinách európskeho myslenia. Bratislava.
  • Palouš, Radim. (1991). Čas výchovy. Praha.
  • Palouš, Radim. (1991). K filozofii výchovy. Východiská fundamentální agogiky.. Praha.
  • Pelcová, Naděžda. (2010). Vzorce lidství. Filosofické základy pedagogické antropologie. Praha.
  • Pinc, Zdeněk. (1999). Fragmenty k filosofii výchovy. Praha.
  • Störig, Hans Joachim. (1996). Malé dějiny filosofie. Praha: Zvon.
  • Šarníková, Gabriela. (2012). Z dejín filozofie výchovy. Ružomberok.


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