SPDA003 Philosophy of Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – 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
Think about the deeper issues of education and training, mainly relating to current issues of their profession.
Learning outcomes
A successful graduate is able to:
• Apply rich knowledge of philosophy of training, sociology and education
• Use and apply the knowledge in education of persons with special needs
• Reflect the information about the science system and its development along with the research problems according to pedagogy and related areas
• Combine the knowledge of philosophy of education with the knowledge of pedagogy, psychology and special education
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophical questions in education
    2. Philosophy of education and the educator
    3. Philosophy of education and education in general
    4. What are paradigms
    5. Understanding of myths
    6. History of the philosophy of education - the concept of a man and education
    7. Antiquity (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
    8. Middle Ages (Aurelius Augustinus, Thomas Aquinas)
    9. Modern Age (R. Descartes)
    10. Philosophy of Education of J. A. Komenský
    11. Contemporary world and education
    12. Society of Knowledge - Theory of Miseducation (K. P. Liessmann)
Literature
  • The Wiley handbook of Paulo Freire. Edited by Carlos Alberto Torres. First published. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 2019, xviii, 606. ISBN 9781119236719. info
  • REDMAN, Lena. Knowing with new media : a multimodal approach for learning. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xxv, 276. ISBN 9789811313608. info
  • Wild pedagogies : touchstones for re-negotiating education and the environment in the anthropocene. Edited by Bob Jickling - Sean Blenkinsop - Nora Timmerman - Michael De Danann Si. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xxxi, 140. ISBN 9783319901756. info
  • CALDECOTT, Stratford. Beauty for truth's sake : the re-enchantment of education. Edited by Ken Myers. Repackaged edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2017, 156 stran. ISBN 9781587434020. info
  • BECK, Ulrich. Politik in der Risikogesellschaft : Essays und Analysen. Edited by Oskar Lafontaine. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1991, 434 s. ISBN 3518383310. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
Seminar work.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Teacher's information
http://ped.muni.cz/wsedu
Subject Philosophy of education is not taught through face to face contact, but remotely and non-contact. If you wish to complete this subject, create seminar work of 3-5 pages of text indicating the sources of information during the semester and send it to me by e-mail. In the end of the semester seminar work will be evaluated and the rating will be entered into the information system.
From this menu, choose one topic for your seminar work:
1) Development of philosophy of education in history (characteristic of the period, or a chosen representative);
2) Fairy tales and its influence on the development of a value system in children and youth;
3) Myths and archetypes and its reflection in education and human life;
4) The issue of general human values in the works chosen author: writer / philosopher;
5) Application of own professional specialization in the education of children and youth
Let me know your decision. You can send it to me by e-mail anytime you want until the end of the semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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