SOe308 Current Approaches and Theories in Education

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. František Trapl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course aims to explore current approaches and theories in education that reflect the current globalized and accelerating world. It implies phenomena that arise as a by-product of knowledge transformation concerning the social aspects of living in the 21st century. We live in a society that is experiencing extreme information and technological acceleration. The principles of harmonious coexistence in a globalized world are derived from national laws, international conventions and moral values and principles. The interpretation of these normative or ethical rules often becomes a subjective matter in the complexity of the present. The democratic plurality of consensuses and value orientations of individuals or communities is under pressure from new media and information overload daily. There is a breakdown of the basic features of society's ethical, moral, religious, philosophical or democratic beliefs. For cognition is never a matter of the individual as an isolated element but is a jointly shared construct influenced by experienced informational interactions. The course will focus on a pedagogy that is becoming a guide in an information-saturated world where a focus on reclaiming the shared epistemic filter is needed more than ever before.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: - Understand the basic terminology and concepts presented - integrate the new knowledge into own teaching practice - respond to different pedagogical situations within a culturally responsive approach to education
Syllabus
  • The course's main objective is a group discussion of the theoretical concepts (below) in the context of pedagogical practice concerning the experience of the course participants. The following topics will be discussed in the course: - the concept of liquid modernity and metamodernism - culturally responsive approaches in education - social constructivism and symbolic interactionism - the epistemic decolonial turn - technological solucionism - the platform capitalism
Literature
    required literature
  • Corsa, A. (2018). Grand Narratives, Metamodernism, and Global Ethics. Cosmos and History. 14 (3). Pp: 241–272.
  • Borgohain, S. (2016). Commercialisation of Education system: A critical analysis. International Research Journal of Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Studies (IRJIMS). 1(7), pp: 71 –76.
    recommended literature
  • Bilić, P. (2016). Search algorithms, hidden labour and information control. Big Data & Society.
  • Enriquez, J. (2020). Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethic. Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
Teaching methods
Discussion; Interactive workshops; Group projects
Assessment methods
Active participation on the seminar - Reflective paper (max 1 page) and oral exam
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
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