| Course title | Foundations of Citizenship and Democracy |
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| Course code | FJC/0373 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lesson |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | unspecified |
| Work placements | unspecified |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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1. Introduction to the course. 2. What does it mean to be a citizen? Three kinds of citizens by Kahn. 3. Citizen - civil society - democracy. 4. Road to democracy - principles of democracy. 5. Multi-Party Politics and Coalition Building: Simulation of the Lower House of the Czech Parliament. 6. Core democratic values. 7. Responsibility. 8. Authority. 9. Right for priva. 11. Controversial issues and democracy. 12. Multiculturalism and globalization. 13. Conclusion - students work presentation and course evaluation.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course is based in particular on the analyses of the term "citizenship", on the interactive attitude to the problems of democratic society, basic values and principles. It will enable to the students through the model situations to work with a opinion diversity, to form and formulate their own attitude. On the pedagogical level, it represents for the students the chance to develop their pedagogical skills of future teachers within the work with these themes in education to citizenship and in the fundamentals of social sciences.
Completing the course, the students will be able: - to identify the terms citizen, citizenship from the personal, professional as well as pedagogical point of view - to identify the democratic principles and values - to know the forms of civic participation - to propose and realize a project to a socio-legal theme - to know the solutions methods of conflicts and problems |
| Prerequisites |
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none
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Students will choose one of issues of the course, write an essay and prepare presentation of the chosen issue. This essay they will present at the lesson, they will respond questions and argument their opinion. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |