CORE063 Preparing people, science and society for 2060: the intorduction to gerontological literacy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Robert Jahoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Hana Matějovská Kubešová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marcela Petrová Kafková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Vidovićová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Vidovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
!TYP_STUDIA(ND) && !PROGRAM(B-SOC) && (! SOCb2284 Social Gerontology ) && (! SOCn6205 Social gerontology: Concepts a )
none
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
Course objectives
Everything that concerns humans and/or society is or will be affected by ageing as a process of biological and demographic change.
The course pursues two primary goals: the first is to support learners as future professionals in various fields whose work and/or scholarly activities are informed by the challenges and opportunities of longevity. The second, applied goal is to promote health and social gerontological literacy, i.e., to support learners in their own preparation for the lifelong aging process. The program of lectures and seminars is based on an interdisciplinary concept of social gerontology, and focuses on the relationship between the aging individual and society. It looks at the biological, demographic, economic, political, sociological, psychological, ethical, legal, environmental and (many) other aspects of this relationship.
The course requires no prior knowledge of the topic. The course provides interdisciplinary support for learning, incorporates its interactive forms, and concludes with a short written reflection.
The course fulfills the objectives of the PPSD "1. Develop competencies directly relevant to life and practice in the 21st century", especially 1.C Strengthen the link between study and practice and preparation for future employment; 1.D Further develop the professional profile of the study and enhance its prestige; and 1.E Support the building of an infrastructure for interactive learning methods and learner integration.
These objectives are supported by raising the awareness of learners as future professionals in their professional fields and specialisations of the impact of biological and demographic changes on the subject of their professional and/or scientific activity.
Interactive and innovative didactic approaches with elements of experiential pedagogy (gerontoclass) will be used in the teaching. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- use age mainstreaming approaches in relevant areas of science and civic life
- acquire a life course perspective
- increase their functional, health and gerontological literacy
- enhance their ability to work in interdisciplinary teams
Syllabus
  • Course annotation
  • (to be updated continuously, order and scope of topics may change; basic information will be further expanded in the Interactive Course Outline)
  • 1) Introduction to the topic or I'm getting older, you're getting older, we're getting older...
  • 2) Age perspective in the methodology of science (age manistreaming; intersectionality, age/cohort/period effect)
  • 3) The aging body or how much sugar, fat and sun is too much?
  • 4) For 10 minutes an older person (gerontosuit) - please wear a sport / non delicate materials clothing
  • 5) Models of aging or how to prepare financially, relationally and spatially
  • 6) The basics of care or what one can do when one can no longer is able (information, entitlements, rights)
  • 7) What is old age for the sociologist or the social role (in) old age
  • 8) "You're too young for that", or when age is the basis for discrimination
  • 9) "Grandpa, you can't touch little girls" or the public representation of ageing, media portrayals of the older people and cultural gerontology
  • 10) Is ageing ecological? Or how to age sustainably
  • 11) Does chicken farming belong to active ageing, or where is the best place to grow old?
  • 12) What if we don't age at all? On anti-aging, longevity and technology
  • 13) Reflection on the final esays
  • The output of the course is a short written reflection elaborating the perspective of the chosen discipline on one of the challenges or opportunities of ageing. Learners' own disciplines or life contexts will be given preference. The course concludes with a colloquium.
Teaching methods
lecture; group discussions, multimedia content, experiential pedagogy
Assessment methods
short essay, participation in lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://starnuti.fss.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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