OVc003 Sociology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1.3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Vacková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces basic sociological concepts and theories. It will focus primarily on the sociology of the family, and education. The aim of the course is to coach students to be able to think about its profession, about the historical as well as recent phenomena in sociologically relevant and critical contexts. The course focuses therefore on the sociological concepts of social roles, norms and values, conformity and deviance, disciplination, social stratification and its reproduction through the educational system.
Syllabus
  • •The emergence of sociology, what it is and what it deals with. •What is the society: nature, culture, and language. •Social stratification and inequality, gender, roles of men and women in society. •Sociology of education. •Sociology of family. •Sociology of housing.
Literature
    required literature
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. Sociologie. Edited by Philip W. Sutton, Translated by Tereza Jiroutová Kynčlová - Blanka. Aktualizované a rozšířen. Praha: Argo, 2013, 1049 stran. ISBN 9788025708071. info
  • BAUMAN, Zygmunt and Tim MAY. Myslet sociologicky : netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Druhé vydání. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010, 239 stran. ISBN 9788074190261. info
  • JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie, Kateřina LIŠKOVÁ and Iva ŠMÍDOVÁ. S genderem na trh. Rozhodování o dalším vzdělání patnáctiletých (With gender to the market. Educational strategies and decissions of 15years old students). první. Praha - Brno: SLON, 2010, 220 pp. Edice studie, sv. 65. ISBN 978-80-7419-030-8. info
  • JANDOUREK, Jan. Průvodce sociologií. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 208 s. ISBN 9788024723976. URL info
  • MILLS, C. Wright. Sociologická imaginace. Edited by Todd Gitlin, Translated by Václav Dušek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 310 s. ISBN 8086429040. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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