SODC010 Social Theories and Theories of Education in the Paradigms of Knowledge 2

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Plšková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Richterová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SODC010/Kombi01: Sat 14. 10. 8:00–11:50 učebna 50, Sat 25. 11. 8:00–11:50 učebna 50, Sat 2. 12. 8:00–11:50 učebna 50, M. Plšková, K. Richterová
Prerequisites
SODC009 Social Theories and Theories of Education in the Paradigms of Knowledge 1
The course is designed as a mandatory in the PhD study programme of Social Education. The course is based on the assumption that PhD students understand the difference in the methodological paradigms of research, specifically between the scientific and social science approach. The course builds on the content of SPC 009 course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course objective is to emphasize the applied importance of the multifactorial view of educational phenomena from the perspective of social pedagogy through an interdisciplinary approach within the discussed theories, concepts, directions, principles and classifications. By analogy, PhD students will anchor the characteristics of the social theories discussed for their dissertation topics.
Learning outcomes
The PhD students will be able to: • apply the discussed social theories to the issues of their own dissertations; • evaluate current social educational topics and social theories in the context of their dissertations; • critically reflect current (global) problems in the field of social education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theory of Social Learning (Bandura). Goffman´s Theory of Roles and the Presentation of Self. Etnomethodology (Garfinkel). Contact Hypothesis (Allport). 2. Critical theories (Marcuse, Horkheimer). Institutional Power (Fairclough) and Biopower (Foucault). Theory of Social Action and Cultural Capital Theory (Bourdieu). Culture Studies and critical thinking. 3. Critical Theory and Social Media (Allmer). Mass Communication Theory (McQuail). Dimensions of Social Change (Meyrowitz). Digital Dimension (Spitzer). 4. Theory of Modernity (Giddens). Postmodernism (Lyotard, Bauman). Globalization (Beck) and Hyperculture (Lipovetsky, Juvin). 5. Postfeminism and gender, Theory of Performativity and Concept of Body (Butler). Theory of Recognition (Young). Postfeminist philosophy (Nagl-Docekal). 6. Theory of Social Justice (Rawls). Theory of Equal Approach and Social Inequality; Social exclusion and inclusion; Theory of Cultural Reproduction (Katrnak, Bernstein). Discoursive Democracy (Habermas). 7. Theory of Social Systems (Luhmann). Theory of Communicative Action (Habermas). 8. The application level of contextualizing social theories to the field of social education research.
Literature
    required literature
  • LUHMANN, Niklas. Sociální systémy : nárys obecné teorie. Translated by Pavel Váňa. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury), 2006, 550 s. ISBN 8073251000. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Analysing discourse : textual analysis for social research. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2003, vi, 270. ISBN 0415258936. info
  • GOFFMAN, Erving. Stigma : poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Translated by Tomáš Prášek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 167 s. ISBN 8086429210. info
    recommended literature
  • FLORIDI, Luciano. Čtvrtá revoluce : jak infosféra mění tvář lidské reality. Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2019, 273 stran. ISBN 9788024638034. info
  • ALLMER, Thomas. Kritická teorie a sociální média : mezi emancipací a komodifikací. Translated by Miluš Kotišová. V českém jazyce vydání p. Praha: Filosofia, 2019, 358 stran. ISBN 9788070075784. info
  • SPITZER, Manfred, Václav BĚLOHRADSKÝ, Martin LESKOVJAN, Jeremiáš HAVRANU, Jana KARLOVÁ, Martin SOUKUP and Jan D. BLÁHA. Kyber a eko : digitální technologie v environmentálních souvislostech. Edited by Zdenka Sokolíčková. První vydání. Brno: Host, 2019, 198 stran. ISBN 9788075776136. info
  • HABERMAS, Jürgen. Diskursivní teorie liberální demokracie. Edited by Josef Velek, Translated by Alena Bakešová. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2018, 259 stran. ISBN 9788024638263. info
  • BUTLER, Judith. Závažná těla : o materialitě a diskursivních mezích "pohlaví". Edited by Josef Fulka. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016, 342 stran. ISBN 9788024633251. info
  • YOUNG, Iris Marion. Proti útlaku a nadvládě : transnacionální výzvy politické a feministické teorii. Translated by Zuzana Uhde. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, nakladatelství Filosofického ústavu AV ČR, 2010, 256 s. ISBN 9788070073414. info
  • Discourse and contemporary social change. Edited by Norman Fairclough - Guiseppina Cortese - Patrizia Ardizzone. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2007, 555 p. ISBN 9783035103519. info
  • Feminist critical discourse analysis : gender, power, and ideology in discourse. Edited by Michelle M. Lazar. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xi, 260. ISBN 9781403914866. URL info
  • BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Individualizovaná společnost. Translated by Martin Ritter. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2004, 290 s. ISBN 802041195X. info
  • ALLPORT, Gordon Willard. O povaze předsudků. Translated by Eduard Geissler. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2004, 574 s. ISBN 8072601253. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 179 s. ISBN 8071845183. info
  • TANNEN, Deborah. Gender and discourse. 1st pub. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994, x, 229. ISBN 0195101243. info
  • BANDURA, Albert. Social foundations of thought and action : a social cognitive theory. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986, xiii, 617. ISBN 013815614X. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion based on reading, self-study, feedback evaluation.
Assessment methods
Examination: assessment of a written version of the theoretical interpretation of the dissertation and an oral discussion of applied social theories.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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