Course: Ethical Assumptions of Education

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Course title Ethical Assumptions of Education
Course code KFHS/K447
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Havlínová Ivana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Education as an ethical problem - introduction to the subject 2. Education as an encounter 3. Historical roots of education and questions connected with it - Socrates - concept of education and method, Plat - importance of education in the life of an individual and community, Aristotle?s perception of education 4. Education as an images of the period I: From antiquity to modern times 5. Education as an image of time II: From antiquity to modern times 6. Education as an image of time III: From antiquity to modern times 7. Eugen Fink - educational dilemmas and antinomies of education 8. Karl Jaspers - education as a way out of the spiritual crisis of society 9. John Dewey - education and democracy 10. Education in a global reality 11. Education or education? 12. Postmodernism and education 13. Education, education and the virtual world 14. Final colloquium

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course will lead students to think about basic ethical questions connected with upbringing and education. It will focus not only on the historical development and changes of these questions, but also on the current challenges and dilemmas of upbringing and education in the modern and postmodern era.
Students will gain - knowledge about the genesis of basic ethical questions connected with upbringing and education in history - knowledge about the callenges of education in modern and postmodern times - the ability to think through ethical dilemmas of upbringing and education and to discuss them
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation at the course attendance time; reading of one of the currently offered professional titles, its presentation and interpretation in the colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • Arendt, H. Krize kultury. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002.
  • CIPRO, M. Prameny výchovy. Praha, 1991.
  • Freud, S. O člověku a kultuře.. Praha, 1990.
  • JASPERS, K. Duchovní situace doby. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-200-1646-1.
  • KANT, I. O výchově. Praha, 1931.
  • Komenský, J. A. Vševýchova. Praha, 1948.
  • Kratochvíl, Z. Výchova, zřejmost, vědomí. Praha, 1995.
  • Kratochvíl, Z. Výchova, zřejmost, vědomí. Praha, 1995.
  • Lipmann, M. Thinking in Education. Cambridge Univerzity Press, 2003.
  • MONTAIGNE, M. DE. Eseje. Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-85913-12-7.
  • NUSSBAUM, M. C. Ne pro zisk: proč demokracie potřebuje humanitní vědy. Praha, 2017.
  • OWEN, R. Vybrané spisy. Praha, 1960.
  • PALOUŠ, R. Čas výchovy. Praha, 1991. ISBN 80-04-25415-2.
  • PESTALOZZI, J. J. Ze života a díla. Praha, 1968.
  • PLATÓN. Zákony. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-86005-31-3.
  • ROUSSEAU, J. J. Emil čili o vychování. Olomouc, 1926.
  • TOLSTOJ, L. N. O výchově a vzdělání. Praha, 1973.


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