Course: HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

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Course title HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Course code KHI/PBH55
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Tomíček David, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Science and education as an object of historiographical research 2. Ancient science and education - the constitution of the canon of artes liberales 3. Christianity and pagan heritage - the problem of the translation of ancient education in the early Middle Ages 4. The Carolingian Renaissance and its significance for spiritual culture 5. The Renaissance of the 12th century - attitudes towards nature 6. Teaching in (cathedral) schools in France - the case of Abaelard 7. The emergence of universities and scholasticism 8. The human body in the postulates of medieval physiology and medicine 9. Plague and responses to epidemics in the Middle Ages and early modern period 10. The Italian Renaissance and the problem of humanism 11. Magic in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period 12. Book printing and its impact on the culture of reading - education in the early modern period 13. The scientific revolution of the early modern period - cosmological issues 14. Science and education on the threshold of modernity - the Enlightenment

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course aims to introduce students to the history of science and education from antiquity to the 18th century. The subject matter is discussed in a broadly chronological order, with one selected topic in each period being analysed in more detail alongside the general characteristics. Emphasis is placed on general (or European) history, cultural paradigms, institutional developments, methods of knowledge, theoretical concepts, changes in the educational curriculum, discoveries and associated personalities.
The graduates can identify basic terms, such as scholastics, Renaissance, Humanism, Enlightenment, etc. They are able to work with them as with historiographically conditioned categories and are orientated in the recommended literature. They can also describe the significance of crucial representatives of European development in the fields of science and scholarship and understand the related paradigms of ideas. They are able to operate with the concepts "tradition" and "continuity" in assessing the individual aspects of European (spiritual) culture.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Successful completion of the test is a prerequisite for the course.
Recommended literature
  • Bernal, J. D. Věda v dějinách I, II. Praha, 1960.
  • Burke, P. Společnost a vědění I. Praha, 2007.
  • Curtius, E. R. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Praha, 1998.
  • Floss, P. Architekti křesťanského středověkého myšlení. Praha, 2004.
  • Hadot, P. Závoj Isidin. Esej o dějinách ideje přírody. Praha, 2010.
  • Kratochvíl, Z. Filosofie mezi mýtem a vědou. Praha, 2009.
  • Kristeller, P. O. Osm filosofů italské renesance. Praha, 2007.
  • Kuhn, T. S. Struktura vědecký revolucí. Praha, 1998.
  • Le Goff, J. Intelektuálové ve středověku. Praha, 1999.
  • Yatesová, F. Giordano Bruno a hermeneutická tradice. Praha, 2002.


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