Course: Ethics for Teachers 2

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Course title Ethics for Teachers 2
Course code KVS/KUE2Q
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Konečný Karel, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Novotný Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Hubálek Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Číhalová Martina, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Antic concept of ethics (Socrates, Aristotle, Plato). Natural law (T. Aquinas). The social contract theory (T. Hobbes, J. Locke, J. J. Rousseau). Utilitarism (J. Bentham, J. P. Mill). Empiricism (D. Hume). Morals and manners, the categorical imperative (I. Kant). Morality and Power (F. Nietzsche). Existentialism (S. Kierkegaard, Heidegger, J.P. Sartre).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 3 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course will be presented historical interpretation of ethics and the most important representatives of individual directions. Emphasis will be placed on linking the acquired knowledge with a theoretical foundation and systematic conception of ethics that students acquired under a previous course and also the application of ethical theory to practical use in connection with the profile field of study. After completing the course, students should be able to: "Characterize individual personalities and their contribution to ethics, "Clarify the historical background of the period in which they were formulated specific ethical theory, "Explain the nature of the personalities ethical opinions, "Enumerate ethical guidelines from the chronological point of view, "Apply ethical theory to specific contemporary examples of human behavior.
Interpretation of the various ethical theories within the historical context.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of Ethics for teachers 1.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio

Students, after consultation with the teacher, choose one personality or ethical theory, which in the form of essays processed to reflect current examples of ethical behavior in contemporary society. Discussion of the work and opinions of the author defense will be the basis for graduation credit.
Recommended literature
  • Azenbacher, A. (2001). Úvod do etiky. Vyd. 3, v nakl. Academia 2. Praha: Academia.
  • Azenbacher, A. (2010). Úvod do filosofie. Vyd. 3., v Portálu 2.. Praha: Portál.
  • Hrehová, H. (2005). Etika - sociálne vzťahy - spoločnosť.. Bratislava: Veda-SAV.
  • KOŘENEK, J. (2004). Lékařská etika.. Praha: Triton.
  • PŘÍKASKÝ, V.J. (2000). Etika, učebnice základů etiky. Kostelní Vydří, Karmelitánské nakladatelství.
  • Sokol, J. (2014). Etika, život, instituce: pokus o praktickou filosofii. Vyd. 1.. Praha: Vyšehrad, Moderní myšlení.
  • Špiner, D. (2004). Nástin křesťanské etiky a jejího významu v hledání smyslu života. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • THOMPSON, M. (2004). Přehled etiky.. Praha: Portál.
  • TISCHNER, J. (1998). Etika solidarity. Bratislava: Kalligram.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching at primary schools (MD18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching at primary schools (MD17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching at primary schools (MD16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer